It comes after the Government dramatically suspended all compassionate leave last night in response to two women testing positive for Covid-19. The US traveller, who the Herald has chosen not to name, arrived in Auckland at 5am on Saturday and went into managed isolation. On Sunday, she left managed isolation for 2.5 hours to attend her father's wake. TIMELINE:Before June 9: Woman in US applies for compassionate leave to attend father's wake in Auckland. She is granted compassionate leave to attend wake.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 17, 2020 06:56 UTC