Isolation

Ardern and Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro were on flight NZ8273 from Kerikeri to Auckland on 22 January. Someone who tested positive for Covid-19 was on the flight which added to the Ministry of Health's website as a location of interest last night.

The result of whole genome sequencing for the case is expected today, but it is likely to be Omicron, a media statement from the prime minister's office said last night.

Ardern and Dame Cindy were in Northland undertaking advance filming at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds for the Waitangi Day broadcast.

NKW has its own setup while an adjacent facility comes under the Morobe Provincial Health Authority.

Residents and health workers have been raising questions regarding the 11-Mile isolation facility within the NKW premises.  

The matter was brought to the fore on March 17^th when staff at the ANGAU Memorial Provincial Hospital held a forum at the ANGAU chapel and called for their own isolation facility.

Manning said his COVID-19 results including those of the two members of his family were confirmed on Saturday, February 20, 2021.