Kāpiti Covid case returns home after fleeing self-isolation

January 7, 2022
A file image of a person being tested for Covid-19.

A positive Covid-19 case who was in Bay of Plenty has returned to home self-isolation in Kāpiti after they left without completing quarantine.

The person was being sought with assistance by police when they contacted public health staff, a Ministry of Health spokesperson told 1News.

“Follow-up is being completed and the person is now isolating appropriately in Kāpiti.”

The person travelled by car.

It comes after New Zealand on Friday recorded 35 new Covid-19 community cases, including 13 in the Bay of Plenty.

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