Tagged: managed isolation

Time to Stop Dodging Bullets? NZ’s Eight Recent Border Control Failures - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Nov 17, 2020 •

• border,
• coronavirus,
• COVID-19,
• managed isolation,
• quarantine

Prof Nick Wilson, Dr Leah Grout, Dr Amanda Kvalsvig, Prof Michael Baker There have been eight distinct border control failures in Aotearoa/NZ relating to the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, since early August 2020, equivalent to one every two weeks. In this blog we briefly detail these failures and argue the case for an urgent review and upgrading of … Read More

Borders and Bubbles - The Dismal Science

Eric Crampton • Aug 11, 2020 •

• Cook Islands,
• COVID-19,
• managed isolation,
• quarantine,
• Travel

There’s no Covid on the Cook Islands. But isolation-free travel into New Zealand from the Cooks looks to be a long way off.  The Prime Minister confirmed on Monday that Cabinet had considered draft text being worked on via officials which will become the basis of an agreement for quarantine-free travel between the Cook Islands and New Zealand. “That draft … Read More

Safe arrivals - The Dismal Science

Eric Crampton • Jul 29, 2020 •

• COVID-19,
• managed isolation,
• quarantine,
• Travel

If entry into New Zealand from abroad is safe, it should be allowed.  People arriving from places that are Covid-free, or no more risky than New Zealand, and who get here on flights that do not intersect with risky places, should return to normal travel arrangements. Currently, the Cook Islands, the rest of New Zealand’s Pacific Island realm, and Taiwan … Read More