Originally Posted by
Jaa
It is becoming common overseas to quarantine overseas arrivals in hotels only until they receive a negative COVID test result, usually at day 2 or 3. If negative then people continue the 14 days at home in self-quarantine. Hong Kong is the most advanced at this using a mobile app to track movement and wristband, Malaysia too has something similarly successful.
Seems to be little appetite for this in NZ yet but its a much more sustainable approach. Maybe in a few months when things have settled down. Even if it was just for people who have spent the last 30 days in Australia would make a big difference in the number of rooms required. Also be interesting to see what % of people test positive at day 12 compared to day 3.