An Auckland woman who escaped to Wellington earlier this month has been confirmed as a sex worker.
This comes as another woman who allegedly falsified documents to travel from Auckland to Northland then tested positive for Covid-19 on her return is also thought to be a sex worker.
Dame Catherine Healy of the NZ Prostitutes' Collective told the Herald the 24-year-old woman, who has name suppression, is "widely known to be a sex worker".
"She hasn't approached NZPC for assistance, not to my knowledge, but the woman is widely known to be a sex worker," Healy said.
![New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective national co-ordinator Dame Catherine Healy.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/VID46Q6LQXQUW7XRZBJIFAPRJQ.jpg?auth=e9325cfe6f31dc6b6c70d2885dbba04b259b76374f3b26e628e3888a17e386e5&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)