The trans-Tasman travel bubble popped just ten weeks after quarantine-free travel started.
Author Senior Lecturer in Public Health, University of Canterbury
The government today announced that the current pause in trans-Tasman travel has been extended until at least midnight on Sunday. It will then only lift for South Australia, Australia Capital Territory, Tasmania and Victoria. Travellers will also need to have a pre-departure test within 72 hours of leaving Australia.
The decision follows several COVID-19 outbreaks in Australia. Up to 80% of Australians are now under some form of restriction or lockdown.
New Zealand has so far managed to avoid an outbreak, with no community transmission despite the fact that an Australian visitor spent a weekend in Wellington earlier this month and subsequently tested positive for the delta variant.
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Endlich ist Aufsperrstund im ganzen Land
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