Photo: Staff photographerA woman who scaled two fences to flee a Covid-19 quarantine hotel has admitted to the escape but may yet avoid conviction. Derrett arrived from Brisbane on June 27 and returned a negative Covid-19 test three days later. The court previously heard the woman had finished her isolation period and been tested twice for Covid-19 with both tests returning negative results. She was the first of a handful of people who allegedly tried to escape their managed isolation facilities. Head of managed isolation and quarantine Air Commodore Darryn Webb said earlier this month that more than 27,000 people had gone through managed isolation since March 26.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 27, 2020 23:46 UTC