14 Jul 2021

Viking Bay crew quarantining in same hotel as uninfected travellers

From Morning Report, 8:23 am on 14 July 2021

Fifteen crew from the Viking Bay, who have all tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, are now in MIQ in Wellington. But unlike Jetpark in Auckland, the Wellington MIQ hotel is used by both sick and well people in isolation.

Auckland professor of medicine Des Gorman says this situation has danger written all over it.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, or MBIE, which runs the MIQ was not available to be interviewed today.

Ministry of Health director of public health Caroline McElnay spoke to Perlina Lau.