As the heat comes on the government over quarantine and managed isolation facilities, questions are being raised over the rules applied to international airline crew and the risk of bringing Covid-19 into the country. Under new health ministry guidelines, Air New Zealand international crew returning home after a trip of between two and seven days abroad are allowed to fly domestically to their homes to self-isolate for 48 hours, before having a virus test and awaiting test results. They are not required to quarantine or self isolate for 14 days as other international arrivals are. Kathryn talks with E Tu union's Head of Aviation, Savage, and University of Otago Medical School epidemiologist Sir David Skegg, who says the rules for international airline crew are a "weak link".
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