Passengers from the Air NZ charter flight from Wuhan to Auckland are taken from the airport to quarantine in Whangaparaoa. A group of 157 people quarantined at Whangaparaoa due to the coronavirus outbreak in China are set to be released on Wednesday. The evacuees will be allowed to leave the military facility where they have spent two weeks since arriving on February 5. David White The NZDF site at Whangaparaoa used to quarantine the 157 people who flew from the Chinese city of Wuhan on February 5 following the outbreak of coronavirus. In January 2020, officials identified a new coronavirus called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, formerly known as 2019-nCoV).

Source: Stuff February 18, 2020 00:22 UTC