They say the guest had no injuries and measures are being taken to support their wellbeing. Managed isolation can be a challenging time that affects people going through it, in different ways, and it sometimes follows what may have been a stressful time in making arrangements to get home, the spokesperson added.
Several returnees have attempted escapes from MIQ hotels, the first exactly a year ago on June 4, 2020, when a woman climbed the fence of the Pullman Hotel. She was found a few streets away and arrested.
July 2020 saw a spate of escapees. On July 7 a man left the Stamford Hotel in Auckland and went to the supermarket, prompting the Government to upgrade fencing in all MIQ facilities to six-foot-high barriers.