Person in managed isolation dies after medical event

The traveller's bolt for freedom from the Crowne Plaza only lasted 100 metres. Photo: NZ Herald/File
The Crowne Plaza in Auckland. Photo: NZ Herald/File
A person has died at an Auckland managed isolation facility overnight.

A managed isolation and quarantine spokesperson said an ambulance was called to the Crowne Plaza managed isolation facility at about 7.30pm to attend a non-Covid, fatal medical incident.

"Our thoughts are with the deceased's family and friends at this difficult time," the spokesperson said.

The person is understood to have arrived in New Zealand from Vanuatu.