Largely quiet in south's self-isolation quarantine facilities
Only a few units or ‘bubbles’ have been used as self-isolation quarantine facilities (SIQ) in the Southern District Health Board area so far.
The DHB currently manages 30 scalable ‘bubbles’ across Otago and Southland that can be used by those needing to self-isolate due to Covid-19 exposure.
The bubbles include the former Aaron Lodge Holiday Park in Dunedin, which has capacity for 100 beds.
The premises had been purchased by Kāinga Ora, and was being leased short-term by the DHB for use as an SIQ facility.
The Southern area also had two SIQ units in Invercargill, six in Queenstown and five in Dunedin on top of the lodge, Public Health South Community SIQ coordination manager Pete Whalley said.
Only the Invercargill units had housed positive cases so far: crew members from the Mattina container ship, which docked in Bluff in July.
Health officials began testing the 21 crew members on the Mattina soon after it arrived at South Port in Bluff, after being notified that two of the members had flu-like symptoms.
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