GOLDOC have praised Team New Zealand's handling of female sevens star Ruby Tui's mumps on the Sunshine Coast.
The women's sevens team were due to arrive at New Zealand's Commonwealth Games base on the Gold Coast today, but will instead remain in isolation after the 26-year-old contracted mumps.
Speaking at a press conference today GOLDOC CEO Mark Peters spoke about the situation in northern Queensland.
"I would like to give credit to Team New Zealand, the way they have handled the mumps situation on the Sunshine Coast and dealt with the athletes and agreed they will stay there until the symptoms have gone or the mandatory five days are up.
"There are very good people working with the teams and also within the village and the Polyclinic to make sure everything is done to make sure the athletes are able to compete at the right time."
Yesterday chef de mission Rob Waddell told 1 NEWS he was happy with how the situation was handled.
"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."
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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