Labour still wedded to not trusting people re Covid-19

Chris Hipkins has announced that the law requiring people to self-isolate for seven days if they test positive for Covid-19 will remain for at least two more months. All this will do is mean fewer people will report their tests.

If people get the flu, or pneumonia, or some other virus they self-manage their sickness. You decide when you feel well enough to go back to work etc.

Covid-19 has been endemic in New Zealand for well over a year. We will never not have it. It should now be managed the same as any other infectious virus.

England dropped mandatory isolation 14 months ago and Australia six months ago. The vast majority of EU members states and US states have dropped mandatory isolation. We are an outlier.