An aerial view of the Aaron Lodge self-isolation quarantine facility in Kaikorai Valley Rd, in Dunedin. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERYThe Southern District Health Board says it has listened to the concerns of neighbours of Dunedin’s new 22-room self-isolation quarantine facility at Aaron Lodge. Nevertheless, the risk the SIQ facility at the former holiday park presented was low, SDHB chief executive Chris Fleming said yesterday. Mr Fleming did not think there would be people at Aaron Lodge over Christmas. "We did highlight this is ‘self-isolation’ it is not a managed isolation facility where there’s six-foot fences and military guarding the site, effectively.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 22, 2021 23:49 UTC