“The bubble marks a significant step,” New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.
Travel between Australia and New Zealand is once again quarantine-free as of this Monday, after measures in both countries against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic yielded results that made this achievement possible.
Australia had previously allowed New Zealanders to enter without quarantine and is now being reciprocated, amid elation and relief, particularly among families who have been separated and struggling tourist operators as well.
It marked the first, tentative steps toward what both countries hope will become a gradual reopening to the rest of the world.
Former Afghan soldier Sohail Naseri knows the horrors and devastation of warfare.
In 2009, while taking part in a joint patrol with British forces against the Taliban in Afghanistan s Helmand province, he lost both of his legs to a landmine.
While confined to a wheelchair, he tells SBS Pashto there was no support in Afghanistan for people in his situation, so he decided to seek asylum abroad.
Sohail Naseri currently lives in Australia.
SBS Pashto
He was among six Afghan athletes granted asylum in Australia in May 2019 after arriving a year earlier to compete for his country at the Invictus Games.
Bangladesh s points to be on agenda of Biden s Climate Summit: FM-548070 daily-sun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from daily-sun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Sophie Jeong, Zamira Rahim, Aditi Sangal and Nicholas Pearce, CNN
Updated 1:22 p.m. ET, April 19, 2021
What you need to know
The global tally of deaths from Covid-19 has surpassed 3 million, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Half of all US adults have received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine as the Biden administration begins the next stage today of vaccine eligibility for people age 16 and older.
India has reported more than 1 million cases in the past five days, according to a CNN tally of figures from the Indian health ministry.
share with Facebook
4 hr 52 min ago