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Managed Isolation and Quarantine staff have been reminded of their privacy obligations after a list of people staying in a facility was posted to a social media site.

The Ministry of Health have today confirmed a man who works as a maintenance worker at the Rydges Hotel managed isolation facility in Auckland has tested positive for COVID-19.

Around 12:20 pm on 7 August a member of the public breached security by allegedly forcing their way through the outer 1.8 m fencing at an Auckland managed isolation facility and having brief contact with a returnee who was in the exercise area of the facility.

The Bill allowing the Government to recover some costs for managed isolation and quarantine passed its third reading on 5 August 2020.

A person has been caught unlawfully leaving a managed isolation facility in Auckland.

The Government has announced a proposal to introduce new legislation to allow it to recover some of the costs for managed isolation and quarantine.

Police are investigating an incident where a returnee in their late sixties absconded for a short period of time from an Auckland managed isolation facility.

A man in his fifties is currently in Police custody after absconding from a Hamilton managed isolation facility.

A 32-year-old man will be charged after briefly absconding from a managed isolation facility in Auckland yesterday evening.

Bookings for seats on flights into New Zealand will be managed to ensure New Zealanders can be safely placed into a managed isolation or quarantine facility.