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Australia’s rollout of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine will begin on Monday, with the country going 24 hours without a case of community transmission on Saturday.
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The one-way travel bubble was suspended last Sunday night after three community cases of Covid-19 were recorded in Auckland and the city went into level 3 lockdown for three days while the rest of New Zealand was put in level 2 Covid restrictions for the same period.
New Zealanders wanting to enter Australia without quarantining will need a negative coronavirus test result less than 72 hours prior to departure, if they have been in Auckland any time in a two-week period before travelling.
Australia s Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said state and territory health officials, forming the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC), met on Saturday and received a briefing from New Zealand officials.
Quarantine-free travel for New Zealanders entering Australia resumes. It follows the travel bubble being suspended in late January amid fears of a highly contagious strain of coronavirus emerging across the Tasman.
The Premier was joined by the Prime Minister for a tour of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital’s coronavirus vaccination hub to watch a simulation of the facility’s processes, which will begin on Monday.