A man who escaped a quarantine facility had a risk assessment done on him before he absconded from the facility, the joint head of managed isolation and quarantine has confirmed.
The man, who absconded from a quarantine hotel in Auckland early on Thursday morning is now at the Jet Park hotel with a security guard permanently on his floor.
After being found and arrested yesterday, the Covid-positive man was charged and appeared in the Auckland District Court via a contactless video link.
He was then sent to the Jet Park for quarantine.
Joint head of MIQ Brigadier Rose King told Morning Report she was not aware of what was in the risk assessment.
"As part of our procedures we do do a risk assessment. I don't have the results of that yet, and I am not aware of what information was passed on at the time."
