New Zealand military to oversee quarantine facilities after new COVID-19 cases

New Zealand defense forces will now oversee the country’s quarantine facilities and strengthen border requirements, after a slip-up allowed two arrivals from Britain leave ’managed isolation’ without being tested for the coronavirus – which they were later diagnosed with. The country’s health officials are tracing 320 people who are regarded as ’close contacts’ of the two women.

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