New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has turned to Military to overlook the border quarantine after two women who returned from the UK tested positive for COVID19. Now, the officials have traced that the two women came in contact with at least 320 people.
This happened days after New Zealand announced that they were coronavirus free.
However, Ardern did warn people about the cases as they relaxed all the norms except for the borders but people with special permission were allowed.
“This case represents an unacceptable failure of the system. It should never have happened and it cannot be repeated,” Ardern said Wednesday in Wellington. She appointed the Assistant Chief of Defence, Air Commodore Digby Webb, to oversee all quarantine and managed isolation facilities, including the processes around the exit of those who have been in them.
Ardern said Webb would undertake an audit of facilities and practices and make any changes needed to strengthen the borders. He can also seek access to our military’s logistics, operational expertise and, if needed, personnel to assist in the running of the facilities, she said.
“Our borders and the controls at our borders must be rigorous, they must be disciplined,” she said.
Jacinda Ardern calls military after recent quarantine blunder
