They've allowed people to leave and come back (not the entire pandemic probably, but most of it), it's just if they come back they have to stay in a quarantine

They've allowed people to leave and come back (not the entire pandemic probably, but most of it), it's just if they come back they have to stay in a quarantine hotel for two weeks, especially if they tested positive for Covid. A quarantine hotel that a bunch of assholes were so fucking impatient that they literally climbed fences and dodged security to escape from just to grab beer or some shit and wasted millions of dollars as New Zealand tried to contact trace everyone they came in contact with and try to keep a spread on it further. When all they had to do was chill in a hotel for two weeks and then they'd be free to do whatever. https://thehill.com/policy/international/asia-pacific/570511-man-facing-charges-after-escaping-quarantine-hotel-in-new https://thehill.com/policy/international/asia-pacific/570511... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/02/new-zealand-police-surround-address-after-covid-positive-man-escapes-quarantine https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/02/new-zealand-po... https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/man-arrested-after-new-zealand-quarantine-escape/articleshow/85863175.cms https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/man-... https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-delta-outbreak-man-escapes-miq-in-middle-of-night-police-told-at-1030am-today/I7BJDJR7U6CJTXW6URQGPZ3VTM/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-delta-outbreak-man-es... https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/454613/covid-19-two-escape-jet-park-quarantine-person-isolating-at-home-missing https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/454613/covid-19-two-esca... A couple of these might be the same person, I just did a quick google search, but I think I've seen at least a dozen of these stories out of New Zealand over the past year and a half.