New Zealand: Government Will Send All Confirmed Covid-19 Community Cases to Quarantine Facilities

August 13th, 2020

Via: Stuff:

The Government will send all of the confirmed community cases of Covid-19 to a quarantine facility instead of allowing them to recover at home.

This is already the case for any cases found in border hotels, but was not previously the position for those out and about in New Zealand who contracted the virus.

Health Director-General Dr Ashley Bloomfield announced the new rules at a press conference on Thursday, after announcing 13 new cases of Covid-19 in the community.

He has the legal power to compel people into quarantine under Section 70 of the Health Act, which allows him to “require persons, places, buildings, ships, vehicles, aircraft, animals, or things to be isolated, quarantined, or disinfected as he thinks fit”.

Bloomfield said there had been some initial reluctance from the families involved but this had not lasted.

It’s understood this stance applies to the current cluster but may not be extended to all confirmed cases if a wider outbreak was to occur.

One Response to “New Zealand: Government Will Send All Confirmed Covid-19 Community Cases to Quarantine Facilities”

  1. Mr. Marks says:

    Internment camps.

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