WELLINGTON, June 17 ― Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern ordered the military to oversee New Zealand's borders today after a quarantine bungle that allowed Covid-19 back into the country. A 24-day run with no new cases was broken yesterday when it emerged two women who recently arrived from Britain...
Ardern today suspended the programme that allowed the women to be released early from quarantine on compassionate grounds, saying New Zealand's successful virus response could not be undermined. — Reuters pic
The pair were eventually swabbed and proved to be infected, but only after they made a 650 kilometre road-trip from Auckland to Wellington to see a dying relative. “My view is that we need the rigour, we need the confidence, we need the discipline that the military can provide,” Ardern told reporters.
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