9 Sep 2021

Covid-19: Mainfreight boss pleased with week long delay for border testing

From Morning Report, 6:43 am on 9 September 2021

A major freight firm expects all its employees crossing the alert level boundary with Auckland will comply with a requirement to have regular Covid-19 tests.

From tomorrow, a new law requires essential workers who cross the level four border to show that they have tested negative for Covid-19 in the previous seven days.

That's been delayed for a week to finalise arrangements for the testing, with saliva tests expected to play a major role.

Mainfreight managing director Don Braid spoke to Guyon Espiner.