Jacinda Ardern said New Zealand's defence force will now oversee the country's quarantine facilities and strengthen border requirements, after a slip up allowed two arrivals from Britain to leave managed isolation without being tested for the coronavirus - which they were later diagnosed with. The prime minister said she would temporarily remove the compassionate exemption under which the pair were released from quarantine early
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