Six new cases have been detected in MIQ, but there are no new community cases.
A border worker has been sacked after a 20-minute encounter in a guest s room at an Auckland MIQ hotel on January 7.
The Northland community case has recovered.
No changes will be made to alert levels as there is no evidence of community transmission. This means Kiwis long weekend plans can go ahead unaffected.
Two people who completed their MIQ in the Pullman Hotel - the same facility as the Northland case - and at the same time as that case are now being treated as confirmed COVID-19 infections. They are a father and daughter.
Photo: RNZ /Dom Thomas
According the latest MBIE managed isolation and quarantine daily 14-day forecast, spaces in MIQ facilities are extremely limited until March, but some may come available as travel plans changed.
MIQ facilities around the country had a combined operational capacity of 4500 rooms - in the next 14 days, 4299 of these rooms will be full with 5627 people staying in them.
MBIE said rooms were occupied for a minimum of 14 days and additional time was needed for cleaning and maintenance. This meant this full 14 day period was considered as opposed to room availability on any single day.
Rooms that were vacant on one day might be needed for an incoming flight the next day, so were not actually available.
Covid-19 coronavirus: MIQ spaces limited until March
6 Jan, 2021 08:19 PM
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Sspaces in MIQ facilities are extremely limited until March, but some may come available as travel plans changed. Photo / RNZ
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Managed isolation and quarantine facilities are expected to have no spare rooms in the next two weeks.
According the latest MBIE managed isolation and quarantine daily 14-day forecast, spaces in MIQ facilities are extremely limited until March, but some may come available as travel plans changed.
MIQ facilities around the country had a combined operational capacity of 4500 rooms - in the next 14 days, 4299 of these rooms will be full with 5627 people staying in them.