15 Oct 2021

Pros and cons of self isolation - should it be allowed?

From First Up, 5:49 am on 15 October 2021

Home-isolation for low-risk positive Covid-19 cases could become available as early as next week, as high case numbers threaten to overwhelm the country's MIQ facilities. An obvious question this raises is: why let Covid-positive people self-isolate at home when fully-vaccinated and tested New Zealanders who are stranded overseas due to the lack of MIQ spots can't? Ella Stewart reports.