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Pet shelters in New Zealand recently received an unusually high number of axolotls because of the latest trends on TikTok and Minecraft about training the amphibian.
The ArriveCan app has been mandatory since November 2020, first forcing travellers to disclose their COVID-19 symptoms and then as of last year requiring them to input their vaccination status into the app.