Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has confirmed the Health Ministry is "actively looking" at the rules around people visiting dying family members. Dr Bloomfield held the Q+A on Facebook this afternoon to talk about masks, bubbles, testing and clusters. During the Q+A, Dr Bloomfield said the Ministry of Health was looking at the rules around people visiting dying family members, especially during a step down to level 3. Dr Bloomfield started the Q+A by addressing the ongoing debate around the use of cloth masks, and said "the jury is out". On testing, Dr Bloomfield the Health Ministry was not currently planning on doing randomised testing.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 13, 2020 02:48 UTC