After walking into the military facility in Whangaparāoa, the first thing he did was cuddle his 2-year-old daughter Elysse and hugged his 34-year-old wife Lily Gao. Gao was among a group of 157 people who were evacuated from Wuhan on a special flight and being kept in quarantine for two weeks. All have been cleared for release today, and New Zealand remains free from any confirmed cases of coronavirus. The quarantine site for returnees from China after the breakout of the novel Coronavirus. Photo NZ HeraldHealth Minister David Clark said on TVNZ 1's Breakfast today the group are "generally in good heart".

Source: Otago Daily Times February 18, 2020 23:37 UTC