12 Jul 2021

Covid-19 on fishing vessel docked in Wellington - latest detail

From Checkpoint, 5:22 pm on 12 July 2021

The foreign fishing vessel Viking Bay has pulled into Wellington this afternoon after nearly a week at sea with two Covid-19 positive mariners on board.

The Ministry of Health says the risk to the public is low because of the measures that have been put in place to manage the ship.

Our reporter Ben Strang joins us from Queens Wharf.