8. Question No. 8—COVID-19 ResponseCHRIS BISHOP (National) to the Minister for COVID-19 ResponseQuestion No. 8—COVID-19 Response8. CHRIS BISHOP (National) to the Minister for COVID-19 Response: What were the multiple factors" that contributed to the cases around the Pullman Hotel managed isolation facility and when if ever will the reports be made public?Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Minister for COVID-19 Response): I was provided with advice by the Pullman incident review technical advisory group indicating that while it may not be possible to identify the precise transmission mechanisms involved in the recent transmission events at the Pullman some of the likely key factors included the nature of the variant the ventilation at the facility and non-essential movement within the facility. I've asked for the health advice that I received to be released this week.Chris Bishop: Why is the health advice that he's received being released but not the actual reports?Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: As I indicated to the member before the issues around the Pullman have been discussed in a number of different reports to me including individual case investigations. We released the aspects of the case investigations where there's a public interest. Obviously case investigations include a lot of information including people's quite personal and private information—some of which is actually released when there's a public health ground to do so but we don't as a matter of course release all of those reports.Chris Bishop: Why can't the reports into the Pullman be released with the appropriate redactions to protect personal privacy which I note the Government does quite a lot all the time?Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: I've already indicated that the report is going to be released. It's going to be released this week.Chris Bishop: Why were the multiple factors that this report has concluded only detected as a result of the three community cases coming out of managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) at the Pullman and not during the earlier regular audits of the Pullman?Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: I don't necessarily agree with the assertion in the member's question. There have been regular ongoing audits of all of our facilities. Each one of those audits identifies new areas where there can be improvement. Usually it's just relatively minor improvements that need to be made. In this particular case though there are some extra precautionary measures that can be taken. But it's important to note as I did in my primary answer that there was no conclusive finding here. There was no absolute certainty about exactly what had happened so these are extra precautionary steps that can be taken.Chris Bishop: Have all the recommendations as a result of the health advice arising from the Pullman reports been implemented at the Pullman and have all of the recommendations that apply to the wider MIQ system been implemented across the system?Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: In answer to the first part of the question yes that is the advice that I've received although I do note—as I've said earlier on today—that the air filtration work is ongoing. The lifts have not yet been completed but the advice I've had is that they'll be completed by the weekend or over the weekend. Certainly the other recommendations in relation to the Pullman have been implemented. In terms of the second part of the question which is the extension of those lessons across the wider MIQ network that work is ongoing. Each one of those facilities is different so they've got different air filtration systems different air conditioning systems—some have windows that can open some don't; some have balconies some don't. So we need to go through and work our way through the lessons learnt from the Pullman and apply them to each of the individual facilities. Now that work is being done by the MIQ team—they're working as quickly as they can but I can't hand on heart say it's happened at every facility and that all of that's been completed yet. That will take a bit of time but they're certainly working with urgency to pick up the most immediate recommendations including for example the staying in your room after you've had your final test before you leave—that has been operationalised in all of the facilities."