17 Jun 2020

Defence Force involved with isolation and quarantine of NZers

From Midday Report, 12:17 pm on 17 June 2020

Defence Force personnel are guarding an Auckland hotel where two women who have since tested positive for Covid-19 were in managed isolation.

The Navy has been posted outside a Novotel being used as a managed isolation facility in Auckland

The Navy has been posted outside a Novotel being used as a managed isolation facility in Auckland Photo: RNZ / Chen Liu

A person in a Navy uniform has been stationed outside the Novotel this morning, which follows comments from the Health Minister, David Clark, that the military could oversee the country's managed isolation.

The Defence Minister and New Zealand First MP, Ron Mark, spoke to Māni Dunlop.