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Questions remain over how a Kiwi flew home from Perth when the city was in lockdown.

Covid 19 coronavirus: Perth traveller in managed isolation, faces fine or possible jail; NZ vaccine numbers update; $1m to help Indias virus response 28 Apr, 2021 01:37 AM 8 minutes to read New Zealands Covid-19 vaccine rollout is three per cent ahead of schedule, except in Northland where a big push to use available vaccine is underway. New Zealands Covid-19 vaccine rollout is three per cent ahead of schedule, except in Northland where a big push to use available vaccine is underway. Derek Che...

NZ implements additional actions against Covid-19 spread ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Tue, Jan 12 2021 14:06 IST | ​ 0 Views   Wellington, Aug. 17, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A man takes a walk in Auckland, New Zealand, Aug. 15, 2020. (Photo by Li Qiaoqiao/Xinhua/IANS). Image Source: IANS News Wellington, Jan 12 : The New Zealand government is going to implement as series of additional actions in an effort to curb the further spreading of Covid-19, including the new emerging variants of the vir...

A Government spokesman on Monday said Covid-19 had grown exponentially around the world and there was a new, more transmissible, strain since the Government last dismissed the offshore tests. The managed isolation and quarantine system remained New Zealand’s main protection, and pre-departure testing was “just another layer we are adding, as travel to NZ often involves several transit stops”. The new tests were legally justifiable because of the risk of Covid-19 to the wider New Zealand...

A "very limited" number of people may be exempt from the new requirement.

The pre-departure test is an additional requirement to the new rule that came into force last Friday, requiring all arrivals from the UK or the US to undergo an additional test, either at the airport or on their first day of isolation. "It reduces the risk of infected passengers on international long haul flights infecting other passengers with COVID-19," Hipkins said. "We know this will add to the stress of travellers wanting to get to New Zealand and have made this decision carefully. It will...

The new arrivals now exempt from managed isolation Newshub 21/12/2020 Lana Andelane © Video - Jacinda Ardern / Facebook; Image - Getty Watch: The Prime Minister shared a sweet message thanking border workers who are spending the holiday season working at MIQ facilities. An exemption to the mandatory two-week managed isolation period has been granted for two "small" groups of new arrivals, the Ministry of Health announced on Monday. In its regular COVID-19 update, the minist...

"Changes to the Air and Isolation & Quarantine Orders - via the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Air Border and Isolation and Quarantine) Amendment Order (No 2) 2020 - include exclusion from managed isolation for a small number of additional people, where the health risk is deemed very low," the ministry said on Monday. A Ministry of Health spokesperson told Newshub the exclusion applies to a small number of people "deemed to be low-risk" - police escorts of extradited or deported persons, as w...

Press Release – Ministry of Health There are five new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand since our last media statement on Sunday.There are no new cases in the community. – One case arrived on 10 December from the United States. This person tested positive due to the onset of symptoms around day 9 and has been transferred to quarantine in a facility in Christchurch. – One case arrived on 10 December from the United States. This person tested positive due to the onset of symptoms a...

Press Release – Ministry of Health There are five new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand since our last media statement on Sunday. There are no new cases in the community. – One case arrived on 10 December from the United States. This person tested positive due to the onset … There are five new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand since our last media statement on Sunday. There are no new cases in the community. – One case arrived on 10 December from the United States. Th...