20 Apr 2022

Pregnant NZers stuck overseas react to revealed MIQ memo

From Checkpoint, 6:07 pm on 20 April 2022

Women forced to give birth overseas because they couldn't get an MIQ spot late last year, say its abhorrent to learn that at that time, health officials thought MIQ wasn't justified.

It follows an internal Ministry of Health memo from November, revealed yesterday by RNZ, that shows the Director General of Health and Director of Public Health agreed it was time to shift to home isolation.

They found international arrivals no longer posed a higher risk of spreading Covid-19, than locals.

Katie Todd reports.