A 3,700-Mile Sailing Trip Shows Why Strict Quarantine Is Failing

Stranded citizens struggle to get back home during pandemic
Calls mount for shakeups in nations still pursuing Covid Zero

WATCH: New Zealand has one of the strictest Covid-19 border restrictions with many quarantine hotels booked out. Two Kiwis have found a different way to get home.

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By Angus Whitley, Ainsley Thomson, and Jinshan Hong

September 17, 2021 at 7:00 PM EDT

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Stuck in Tahiti with no available flights, Paul Stratfold was running out of time to get back home to Australia and renew his residency visa. The Briton decided his best option was to sail 6,000 kilometers (3,700 miles) across the southern Pacific Ocean, a solo voyage that took almost a month.

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