Last evening a number of people in the Novotel Auckland Airport managed isolation facility were advised their stay in managed isolation would be extended.
Returnees are to remain in the facility until the genome sequencing results of two positive day 12 COVID-19 cases in the managed isolation facility announced yesterday are available.
The two cases arrived on 14 June, one from Moscow and one from Dubai. It is standard protocol that any cases detected after day 3 are investigated further, in particular to rule out in-facility transmission.
Investigations are currently underway by Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS). Whole genome sequencing is also currently underway to establish the strain and if there is a genomic relationship