New Zealand Chef de Mission Rob Waddell says they are taking the health of sevens star Ruby Tui and the rest of the women's team "half a day at a time" after she came down with the mumps.
The team was due to arrive at New Zealand's Commonwealth Games base on the Gold Coast tomorrow, but will instead remain in isolation for a few more days after the 26-year-old came down ill.
The team was preparing for the sport's games debut for women on the Sunshine Coast, and will remain there until at least Sunday, it was reported earlier today.
Following the announcement of swimmer Sophie Pascoe as New Zealand's flagbearer at tomorrow evening's opening ceremony, Waddell said their thoughts were with Tui and the rest of the squad.
"Obviously the first thing we were concerned about was the wellbeing of the athlete, so we've worked really hard to understand the situation," he said.
"By the nature of where they are on the Sunshine Coast they are in isolation, and the athlete themselves has been isolated.
"I'm really pleased we're following the right processes, it's something we're taking very seriously, we'll just have to work through it half a day at the time, just to understand the vaccination status of the athletes and make sure first and foremost the concerned athlete is tracking okay."
Star All Blacks wing Rieko Ioane came down with the mumps during last year's northern hemisphere tour, as did Jack Goodhue, with coach Steve Hansen saying at the time the cases were unrelated as they hadn't been in contact.
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