4 Nov 2020

Hipkins responds to growing calls for a Covid border review

From Midday Report, 12:42 pm on 4 November 2020

The National Party has joined calls for a widespread review into the country's Covid-19 border system and managed isolaion and quarantine facilities, after two health workers tested positive for the virus.

The two workers have been working at the Sudima Hotel in Christchurch where fishing crews from Russia and Ukraine are isolating.

It's the sixth border failure since the start of August - the third involving workers at an MIQ facility - and epidemiologists, nurses and now National Party leader Judith Collins want an official review into what's going wrong

Māni Dunlop spoke to the Health Minister, Chris Hipkins, about the growing concerns.