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Covid 19 coronavirus: Hour-plus queues, big Auckland events under threat as community fears grow
27 Jan, 2021 10:59 PM
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wants advice from health officials on extra measures for travellers after completing managed isolation amid a fresh Covid-19 outbreak detected in an adult and child.
Ardern said something had happened , resulting in the virus being spread among guests at the Pullman Hotel isolation facility. As a result no new returnees were coming into the Pullman while the situation was being investigated.
Asked if new rules could be put in place to prevent returnees leaving their rooms at MIQ facilities, Ardern said there were protocols in place for people who were getting fresh air.
Covid 19: Northland checkpoint group keeping mum on location, timing
27 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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A member of Tai Tokerau Border Control talks to a motorist at the Waiomio checkpoint in March last year. Photo / John Stone
Northern Advocate
A Northland iwi group is keeping mum about when and where it plans to set up Covid checkpoints, saying it doesn t want to trigger a rush of people heading north before they re in place.
Tai Tokerau Border Control founder Hone Harawira said on Tuesday the group was going to resurrect the Covid-19 checkpoints set up during last year s lockdown because not enough was being done to protect Northland s most vulnerable people.