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Originally Posted by Tickford.
NZ has recorded it's first case in the community in over two months. 56 year old woman returning from Europe did the 14 day hotel quarantine, tested negative twice while in quarantine, was released from quarantine 13th Jan. 15th Jan she developed symptoms. 22nd Jan tested positive.
Why did she wait a whole week after developing symptoms before getting tested?? Stupid.
NZ authorities are now tracing back upto 30 venues the woman visited while being infectious. They also suspect she has the UK variant.
This again raises the question of if 14 day quarantine is long enough. It has proven to be not enough in several cases so far. Some countries have moved to 21 days quarantine.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/william...h=a17abdc721e9
Also, another report saying she may have caught the virus in her last few days of hotel quarantine from another positive case staying at the same hotel (Auckland's Pullman Hotel). There were at least 13 guests staying at the hotel at the same time as the woman who had tested positive.Do they not separate the negative cases and positive cases in different hotels? |
Yeah, unfortunately there should probably be a requirement for people on leaving hotel quarantine to then self isolate for at least a week at home, probably 2. It is just the cost of coming home. Even if you try to separate those in Hotels, there is still a huge chance of catching it within the facility.