A man was given a formal warning after trying to climb into Rotorua's Ibis managed isolation facility. Photo / File
A man has been taken to hospital after attempting to scale a fence at Rotorua's Ibis Hotel managed isolation facility last night.
About 11.30pm, police and managed isolation security saw a person scaling a 1.8-metre fence into the exercise area at the Rotorua Ibis managed isolation facility, a Managed Isolation
and Quarantine spokesman said.
He said staff took immediate action and detained the man, a member of the public, "within seconds".
The person did not come into contact with any returnee or enter the building, he said.
While inside the exercise area, the man experienced a medical incident and was transferred to hospital by ambulance, he said.
