[D66] New Zealand To Put COVID-19 Patients Into Mandatory Quarantine Camps

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(Coronafascisme in Nieuw Zeeland)

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New Zealand To Put COVID-19 Patients Into Mandatory Quarantine Camps
August 14, 2020

In a move right out of George Orwell’s 1984, New Zealand has announced 
it would put all COVID-19 patients into mandatory quarantine camps. The 
Prime Minister of New Zealand has said that your each and every activity 
will be monitored in these camps and those that refuse to be tested 
would be forced to stay in the camps for a longer duration.

New Zealand’s Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield announced 
at a press conference that the use of quarantine facilities marks a 
major departure from how positive cases were managed by health officials 
when New Zealand was last at level 3, as cases earlier in the year were 
told to simply self-isolate in their homes.

Dr Bloomfield says the mandatory quarantine will apply to both new cases 
and, if necessary, close family members who might be at risk.

“[It] shows how serious we are about limiting any risk of ongoing 
transmission – even in self-isolation and including to others in the 
household,” he added.

“A reminder, these facilities have been set up specifically and have 
excellent processes and resources in place to look after people with 
COVID-19, including health staff on site at all times.

“It will help us avoid any further inadvertent spread into the community 
as part of our overall response.”

The announcement didn’t say much about how the quarantine would be. 
However, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in a Facebook live 
video explained in detail how each and every activity will be monitored 
in these camps and those that refuse to be tested would be forced to 
stay in the camps for a longer duration.

We are quarantining everyone. Now we are also mandating testing. That 
makes us the most stringent in the world. There are countries that are 
requiring self-isolation; we’re taking it a bit further.

If anyone moves into a common area or is getting some fresh air, which 
is all monitored no one can do that on their own. They can only leave or 
be in a space to get a little bit of fresh air if they are supervised, 
because ofcourse it’s a quarantine facility.

We have put in millions of dollars into supporting that to happen.

I have a number of questions about people refusing – what do we do if 
someone refuses to be tested. Well they can’t now. If someone refuses in 
our facilities to be tested, they have to keep staying. So they won’t be 
allowed to leave after 14 days. They have to stay on for another 14 days.

So, it’s a pretty good incentive. You either get your tests done and 
make sure you’re cleared or we will keep you in a facility longer. So I 
think most people will look at it and say I will take the test.

Interestingly, earlier New Zealand’s deputy opposition leader accused 
the government of stage-managing the outbreak over a week.
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     This is the NZ Deputy opposition leader walking really close to 
accusing the the government of stage-managing the outbreak over a week.

     pic.twitter.com/9je5FAm40j

     — Charles Croucher (@ccroucher9) August 12, 2020

The announcement come days after Canada’s Chief Medical Officer of 
Health Dr. Barbara Yaffe exposed the uselessness of mandatory mass 
coronavirus testing warning that it takes resources away from more 
essential fields and does not “actually achieve anything.”