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Up to 40,000 people could have skipped MIQ from November last year if the Government had followed top health advice.
A Ministry of Health document shows Dr Caroline McElnay and Dr Ashley Bloomfield agreed MIQ was no longer justified.
Now those who paid for quarantine want to be compensated - and an apology for what they say is the needless stress they suffered because of the MIQ system.
Tessa Guest reports.
