Two teenagers ran away from authorities after being allowed special dispensation from Covid-19 related quarantine to attend a funeral in Hamilton. They have since been located and one is in managed isolation while the other is in an agreed community arrangement, director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield confirmed this afternoon. People who are in quarantine after arriving in the country from overseas cannot attend a funeral or tangi. If a person applied for dispensation to attend a funeral before that date, it could have been approved. They were in managed isolation and permitted to leave on June 7 to travel to Wellington on June 13 in a private vehicle.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 16, 2020 03:45 UTC