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. While alert levels for the Wellington region will return to level 1 Tuesday night, it will be a few weeks before New Zealanders can breathe a sigh of relief. The rapidly changing situation in Australia now poses a new and arguably even greater risk. Several other countries in the Asia-Pacific region, which were once Covid-19 success stories, have all seen significant, uncontrolled and rapid surges in cases and hospitalisations. Australia is on the verge of joining this growing list, which includes Taiwan and Fiji.
New Zealand is right to pause travel to Australia It buys time to upgrade its own COVID-19 response
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New Zealand is right to pause travel to Australia It buys time to upgrade its COVID-19 response
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