Nurses are anxious about their workplace safety if the Covid-19 outbreak escalates, believing they're wearing PPE unfit for purpose and that a stretched staff will be placed under excessive pressure.
Their biggest union believes every person who worked in the same ward as an infected nurse at Auckland City Hospital needs to isolate and be tested.
Instead, that advice has only been offered to those who worked the same shifts as the 21-year-old in Ward 65.
New Zealand Nurses Organisation kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku spoke to Corin Dann.
We sought comment from the Auckland District Health Board.
It provided a statement which said plans have been activated to prevent the spread of the virus within the hospital - including the testing of all staff and patients on Ward 65 - and the provision of adequate PPE.
