Man Who Returned From India, Tested Positive For Covid-19 Escapes Isolation to Go Shopping in Auckland

A man in New Zealand, who returned from India earlier this month, will face charges for leaving a coronavirus isolation facility and going to a supermarket on Tuesday, The New Zealand Herald reported. The man will either get a six-month jail term or a $4,000 [approximately Rs 1.96 lakh] fine.

The 32-year-old man, who returned to Auckland from Delhi on July 3, left the Stamford Plaza hotel on Tuesday night and went shopping at the supermarket. He tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday.

The supermarket staff told the newspaper that the man spent a lot of time in the health and beauty sections and also took selfies. He was out of the quarantine facility for about 70 minutes and returned on his own.