And families remain separated by a lack of spaces in managed isolation. Covid-19 can and has spread within managed isolation facilities; the faster that positive cases can be identified and shuttled out to quarantine, the lower the chances that someone soon to leave managed isolation and quarantine catches Covid-19 from a new arrival. We were lucky in September that a man who fell ill a few days after leaving managed isolation and quarantine self-isolated and sought testing. Testbedding these additional layers on top of existing managed isolation and quarantine requirements would check their effectiveness. But increasing effective capacity in managed isolation and exempting safe travellers from safe places from having to quarantine would alleviate hardship.

Source: Stuff October 18, 2020 22:07 UTC