29/12/2020 The Grand Millenium Hotel in Auckland. Photo credit: Google
A man returning to New Zealand from the Pacific who was staying at a managed isolation facility in Auckland has died.
Acting deputy chief executive of managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) Andrew Milne says the returnee, a 63-year-old man, died at the Grand Millenium Auckland facility on Monday. The returnee displayed no COVID-19 related symptoms during their previous daily health checks, Milne said. The death has been referred to a coroner and our thoughts are with the returnee s family at this sad time.
It s unclear which Pacific country the man arrived from or how long he d been in managed isolation.
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The Trujillo-Bell family, John, Emilio, Gabriella and Paola, have blinged out their hotel room for Christmas. A table laden with festive goodies and a heck of a lot of tinsel serves as their tree. Christmas pyjamas will be obligatory on the big day. “We will be as inventive as we can for Christmas Day with our decorations and our Christmas outfits. We have a few presents which we can open. We know what they are, so we will have to fake surprise,” says John. Christmas Day is usually a big event for both sides of their family, the Colombian and the Kiwi contingents.