New Coronavirus restrictions

Jacinda Ardern just announced:

• All incoming travellers to NZ (except from Pacific Islands) after midnight Sunday must self-quarantine for 14 days. Not clear if there will be any legal obligation to do so or a penalty for not complying. This includes returning NZ citizens. So it isn’t a hard ban, but a soft ban. Hopefully will be effective.
• People travelling to the Pacific Islands will need to be medically checked
• Cruise ships asked not to come here until after 30 June
• Economic package to be announced Tuesday
• Restrictions on public gatherings will be announced at some stage also

Good to see the Government has finally realised the previous measures were grossly inadequate. Hopefully these new measures will help flatten the curve so our health system copes.

I’ll be interested in details of the self-quarantine. Will people have to register where they self-quarantine? Will they be checked up on? Will there be sanctions for non compliance?