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Everyone in queue gets through first MIQ virtual lobby since border announcement
The number of people vying for a room in managed isolation has dropped to a third of last week’s numbers in the first virtual lobby since
changes to the system were announced.
Fully vaccinated Kiwis travelling from Australia
can bypass managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) from January 17, instead self-isolating at home for seven days. Those returning from other countries will be allowed to do so from February 14.
Joint head of MIQ Chris Bunny said the changes to MIQ from next year caused a significant drop in the number of people participating in Thursday’s room release.
There were 5426 people in the lobby at 4pm – about 9200 fewer than last week – and for the first time since running the virtual lobbies, everybody that joined the queue could enter the allocation website.
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MIQ lobby- NZ Govt links
No one left in the queue for MIQ’s ninth voucher release via virtual lobby – 25 Nov 2021
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Summary of the stats
The lobby opened about 10 minutes before 3pm today.
At 4pm 5,426 people were moved into the queue — this represented 8,182 passengers. These numbers grew as people entered the queue throughout the room release (these people go to the back of the queue). There were 6,307 people in the queue in total, representing 9,341 passengers.
4,927 people from 122 countries managed to secure MIQ vouchers – that’s across 3,320 rooms. The number of available rooms was 3,411, but not all rooms were taken.
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MIQ’s eighth voucher release via virtual lobby – 18 Nov 2021
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6,214 people from 126 countries managed to secure MIQ vouchers – that’s across 4,230 rooms.
More than 43,500 people have secured vouchers through the last 8 room releases.
Rooms started being released at 1pm and were gone by 3:45pm.
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MIQ’s seventh voucher release via virtual lobby – 9 Nov 2021
At 10am 14,205 people were moved into the queue — this represented 22,458 passengers. These numbers grew as people entered the queue throughout the room release (these people go to the back of the queue). There were 16,277 people in the queue in total, representing 24,695 passengers. 26% of passengers got a booking.
5,888 people from 128 countries managed to secure MIQ vouchers – that’s across 4,039 rooms.
More than 37,300 people have secured vouchers through the last 7 room releases.
Rooms started being released at 10am and were gone by 12:27pm.
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