7 Sep 2021

Covid-19: Road Transport Forum unhappy with border testing

From Morning Report, 7:13 am on 7 September 2021

Among the requirements introduced by the government is for all essential workers crossing Auckland's boundary to have a Covid-19 test every seven days.

The announcement has been condemned by the Road Transport Forum, which says getting truck drivers regularly tested will be a logistical nightmare and that producitivity will take pounding.

Road Transport Forum chief executive Nick Leggett spoke to Susie Ferguson.