Photo: NZ HeraldNew Zealand's managed isolation and quarantine facilities are under "extreme stress" and unable to respond to increasing demands as more Kiwis return home, a review has found. People would not be allowed to leave managed isolation facilities until they returned a negative Covid test which would be taken on day 12. Woods said it was a system that had worked in making sure Covid-19 had not left the isolation facilities. Woods said everything going into the isolation facilities was checked first and she was not aware of any illicit substances going into the facilities. A Cabinet paper on the report says that some arrivals from Australia were unaware they would be even be going into managed isolation.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 28, 2020 02:15 UTC