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Quarantine procedures seek to stop the importation of diseases to New Zealand as well as helping to assess the health of aircraft and ship crew and international travellers. They also seek to reduce the international spread of diseases, particularly diseases transmitted by an animal vector.
Quarantine restricts the activities of well persons or animals that have been exposed to an infectious or communicable disease during the period when the disease was contagious.
Quarantine activities are not, however, restricted to just quarantinable diseases. Health quarantine procedures aim to identify and control the spread of notifiable diseases including those that are airborne, foodborne and waterborne, as well as those spread by vectors.
In summary, quarantine procedures deal with matters such as the provision of potable water at airports and ports, passenger surveillance, ship and aircraft arrivals, ship sanitation, and general and contingency planning for quarantinable and other communicable diseases.
Documents
Links
Requirements for Vessels Arriving in New Zealand (Ministry of Health)
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)
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