15 Oct 2021
Pros and cons of self isolation - should it be allowed?
Home-isolation for low-risk positive Covid-19 cases could become available as early as next week, as high case numbers threaten to overwhelm the country's MIQ facilities. An obvious question this raises is: why let Covid-positive people self-isolate at home when fully-vaccinated and tested New Zealanders who are stranded overseas due to the lack of MIQ spots can't? Ella Stewart reports.