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Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) has updated its daily factsheet to show the rooms used by returnees from New South Wales (NSW) and the impacts of cohorting on capacity.

Further space in Managed Isolation and Quarantine has been set aside for managed return flights from New South Wales, a Managed Isolation and Quarantine spokesperson says.

The spaces set aside for urgent or exceptional circumstances have been fully allocated for managed return flights from New South Wales, a Managed Isolation and Quarantine spokesperson said.

This week marked the 150,000th returnee through Managed Isolation and Quarantine.

The first independent assessment of MIQ has been released by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE) today. Joint Head of Managed Isolation and Quarantine, Megan Main, says the report helps to provide assurance that MIQ is focused on the right things as it prioritises improvements for both the immediate and longer term.

We welcome NZ Army Brigadier Rose King as new Joint Head of MIQ.

All work in Managed Isolation and Quarantine facilities is now being undertaken by workers who are vaccinated. The Government introduced the requirement from the 5th of June under the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021.

Reports into the in-facility transmission of COVID-19 at the Grand Millennium and Grand Mercure managed isolation facilities in Auckland earlier this year have been released today.

From 11.59pm tonight all work in Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) facilities and by Government agencies at the border will be undertaken by vaccinated workers.

For many New Zealand Defence Force members working in managed isolation and quarantine facilities, Anzac Day looks quite different from usual.