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A guest has died at the Grand Millennium Auckland.
It is “ unlikely ” that Covid-19 was the cause of the death of a man in an Auckland isolation facility last night, the Health Ministry said this morning.
The isolation and quarantine administered last night confirmed that a 63-year-old man who arrived from the Pacific died on Monday.
The returnee showed no Covid-19-related symptoms during his previous daily health checks, MIQ Acting Deputy Executive Director Andrew Milne said in the statement.
In a statement to Stuff This morning, the Health Ministry said that the cause of death is unlikely to be related to Covid, as the person had no symptoms and came from a country without local transmission of the virus.
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Milne declined to comment further on the details of the death.
Previously, guests of the Grand Millennium were told in a letter from Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment officials Monday night that a fellow quarantine had died at the hotel.
Stuff One of the guests at the isolation facility passed him a copy of the letter.
The letter stated that “a returnee staying at the Grand Millennium sadly passed away.”
“The death has been referred to a coroner and our thoughts are with the returnee’s family at this sad time,” the letter said.
The letter said that guests may have to stay in their rooms for a “short period of time” while they follow procedures for such situations.
The letter also offered contact details for a free trained counselor.
Details of the guest’s death were not immediately available.
Milne said MIQ will not comment further as it is now a coroner’s investigation.
The guest who passed the letter said they were in their room when the letter slid under the door.
