WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand said on Wednesday that a 32-year-old man who tested positive for COVID-19 will be charged after briefly absconding from an isolation facility in Auckland, the latest slip up as the country tries to keep coronavirus cases at its border.
The man, who was in quarantine after arriving from New Delhi on July 3, tested positive for COVID-19 the next morning, government said in a statement.
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