The Ministry of Health can confirm an individual who had previously been a guest at the managed isolation facility at the Pullman Hotel has tested positive for COVID-19.
This individual, who is asymptomatic, has been isolating at home in Hamilton since 30 January and previously returned 3 negative tests, the most recent one being on 2 February.
The person is being transferred to the Auckland quarantine facility. Based on our current assessment of the circumstances around this case we consider the public health risk to be low and people in and around Hamilton should not be alarmed.