10 Aug 2020

Low risk to public health following second isolaiton break-in

From Midday Report, 12:11 pm on 10 August 2020

The Minister responsible for managed Isolation, Megan Woods, has described a second attempt to enter an isolation hotel as "utterly reckless".

Police say a 33-year-old man forced his way into a facility in Auckland on Friday and had contact with someone in isolation, who has tested negative for the virus.

On Wednesday last week, a woman attempted to sneak in to an isolation hotel in Rotorua.

Professor Shaun Hendy is a physicist from Auckland University who specialises in modelling complex systems and networks.

He spoke to Māni Dunlop.