10 Feb 2022

New isolation rules for critical workers released

From Checkpoint, 6:06 pm on 10 February 2022

As New Zealand prepares for an Omicron onslaught, the government has unveiled new rules designed to keep the virus from grinding the country to a halt.

The virus has caused major supply chain problems abroad by knocking out entire workplaces.

Today's plan will relax the close contact isolation requirements for critical workers.

Deputy political editor Craig McCulloch has the story.