Ardern Calls In Military After New Zealand Quarantine Bungle
- Two new covid cases were allowed to leave isolation early
- Questions raised about road trip amid fears of new outbreak
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has called in the military to enforce border controls after two women who arrived from the U.K. were allowed to leave quarantine early and subsequently tested positive for coronavirus.
“This case represents an unacceptable failure of the system. It should never have happened and it cannot be repeated,” Ardern said Wednesday in Wellington. She appointed the Assistant Chief of Defence, Air Commodore Digby Webb, to oversee all quarantine and managed isolation facilities, including the processes around people exiting them.