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New Zealand's border quarantine has intercepted thousands of COVID cases, but is it time to retire the flawed system?

  • Written by: Michael Plank, Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury
New Zealand's border quarantine has intercepted thousands of COVID cases, but is it time to retire the flawed system?Lynn Grieveson /Newsroom via Getty Images

The controversy surrounding New Zealand journalist Charlotte Bellis, who has now accepted a place in border quarantine after initially seeking refuge in Afghanistan when her first application was declined, has highlighted confusion and concern over New Zealand’s managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ)...

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