Press Release – Science Media Centre Quarantine-free travel between Australia and New Zealand will resume in two weeks . The government has devised a traffic light system to managing the bubble should any cases appear over the ditch. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said they are taking …
Quarantine-free travel between Australia and New Zealand will resume in
.
The government has devised a traffic light system to managing the bubble should any cases appear over the ditch. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said they are taking a “flyer beware” approach – and travellers will shoulder the risk of any Covid-19 interruptions to their travel.
The SMC asked experts to comment on the announcement.
Press Release – Science Media Centre
Quarantine-free travel between Australia and New Zealand will resume in
.
The government has devised a traffic light system to managing the bubble should any cases appear over the ditch. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said they are taking a “flyer beware” approach – and travellers will shoulder the risk of any Covid-19 interruptions to their travel.
The SMC asked experts to comment on the announcement.
Professor Shaun Hendy, University of Auckland, comments:
“The opening up of a travel bubble with Australia is a significant milestone in our pandemic response. Given that Australia has also successfully managed an elimination strategy and has excellent surveillance systems in place, travellers from Australia currently pose little risk. Should an outbreak occur in one of the Australian States we would learn about it quickly and our government would have time to take steps to restrict travel from any affected region.
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The government
has devised a traffic
light system to managing the bubble should any cases
appear over the ditch. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said
they are taking a flyer beware approach - and travellers
will shoulder the risk of any Covid-19 interruptions to
their travel.
The SMC asked experts to comment on the
announcement.
Professor Shaun Hendy, University of
Auckland, comments: The opening up of a travel
bubble with Australia is a significant milestone in our
pandemic response. Given that Australia has also
successfully managed an elimination strategy and has
excellent surveillance systems in place, travellers from
Australia currently pose little risk. Should an outbreak