There will be more lockdowns in 2021 I'm afraid," he told Nine to Noon. The prime minister confirmed this morning the latest cases had the UK variant, which Sir David says is more infectious and serious. For example, in NSW now, there's mandatory daily saliva testing of everyone who works at the border or hotels which are MIQ facilities. He said slowly piloting voluntary saliva testing once a week was not good enough. Ardern told Morning Report there were questions around the accuracy of saliva testing results, but they were looking to use it in conjunction with nasal swab testing at higher risk MIQ.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 14, 2021 23:03 UTC