The $600m plan for MIQ 2.0

The $600m plan for MIQ 2.0
Lack of preparation meant NZ had to rely on soldiers and hotels for its quarantine facilities. (Image: NZDF)
Jem Traylen
Details have emerged of the government’s plans for a future quarantine system to replace managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) in a paper that says the country was not well prepared for the current pandemic.In December, covid response minister Chris Hipkins sought permission to develop a business case for a national quarantine system that would include up to 1,000 quarantine standard rooms in crown-controlled sites and a dedicated core workforce to provide quarantine, wellbeing and response services.Hipkins advised his ministerial collea...

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