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There will be anxiety, anger – blame even. All those emotions you expect when something like this happens.
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The new Covid-19 case was announced on Sunday. But Kaipo said the anger wouldn’t be directed at the woman who had tested positive – it would be directed towards the system. “It was a system failure. That s what needs to be looked at. “We need to have a good hard look at our border control. You know a lot of countries are already shutting their doors to people returning from these at-risk countries, with all these new strains popping up. We [New Zealand] need to have a good look at that, I believe.”
Ngātiwai Trust Board chairman, Aperahama Kerepeti-Edwards, has raised concerns with health and government officials over the number of testing centres available. “They [people turning up for tests] are sitting in their cars in near-30 degree heat, getting hot, thirsty and distressed.
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Large queues have formed at the Marsden Point testing station. “We are calling on the government and the Northland District Health Board to move urgently and provide more resource into testing.” Two additional pop-up testing centres have been opened in Helensville and Mangawhai and opening hours at all existing testing centres in Northland and Auckland have been extended.
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