The gleaming jewel in New Zealand‘s tourism crown could be about to lose its lustre, after a Queenstown business leader predicted the whole town could be closed by Friday.
There were 51 cases of Covid-19 confirmed across Otago and Southland yesterday, all but 10 of them in Queenstown or Wanaka, The New Zealand Herald reported.
That would reduce the time required for people to stay in isolation, but that would make little difference to Queenstown businesses, Stokes told Radio New Zealand. Republic Hospitality Group CEO Blair Impey told Newstalk ZB‘s Mike Hosking today that the Government needed to quickly come up with a plan B.“They need to look at the fact that this does not work, it‘s going to shut down the entire economy and people are going to lose jobs.”
Other education facilities were also under the spotlight yesterday, as some senior pupils at Columba College and years 5 and 6 pupils at Musselburgh School were also asked to isolate after possibly being exposed to Covid-positive people at separate events. Although cases have been reported in Queenstown, Dunedin, Gore, and Invercargill, the only locations of interest notified so far in the region have been in Queenstown and Wanaka.
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