The incident happened in the capital Auckland. The man was in a house 10 kilometers away. In a video can be seen that officers approach the man in protective suits.
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They tell him that he has to go back to the hotel because of his positive corona test. The man responds that he has no symptoms.
‘Not sick’
The man previously wrote on Facebook that it took him three hours to walk from the hotel to his house in the cold and rain. writes The New Zealand Herald. According to him, that was proof that he was not sick. But people without symptoms can indeed be infected with the corona virus.
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New Zealand is currently struggling with an outbreak of the delta variant of the coronavirus. Today 49 infections were reported, bringing the total number of infections in recent weeks to 736. The situation is especially dire in Auckland, the largest city in the country. Due to the outbreak, the city is still in a very strict lockdown.
Strictly secured
It is not the first time that a person has escaped, but never before has it been an infected person. “The quarantine hotels are very tightly secured. It is worrying that someone has escaped,” said the New Zealand corona minister. The New Zealand military is also involved in the security of the hotels.
Passengers traveling to New Zealand from abroad must be quarantined in a hotel. People who have tested positive are also sent there if it turns out that they still go outside despite their infection. That would also be the case with the escaped man.
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