Austraila's chief medical officer Professor Paul Kelly has high hopes that Australia's travel bubble with New Zealand could soon be reciprocated.
Travelle
18 Jan 2021
New Zealand will stay true to its plan to establish a two-way trans-Tasman travel “bubble” by April, despite continued community transmission of COVID-19 in multiple Australian states.
New Zealand’s COVID-19 response minister, Chris Hipkins told
The Guardian that the country was still looking to establish the “bubble” in the first quarter of this year and that decisions on a commencement date would be made “early this year”.
Hipkins said the decision would be made based on “a range of health and border requirements … in order for a trans-Tasman Safe Travel Zone to commence”.
Last month, the country’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern told a press conference that while a date has not yet been announced for the travel “bubble”, she believes it will be in the first quarter of 2021.