Editorial: New virus variants concern both sides of the Tasman 12 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read South Africa suspended plans to inoculate its front-line healthcare workers with a vaccine after study results. Photo / AP South Africa suspended plans to inoculate its front-line healthcare workers with a vaccine after study results. Photo / AP NZ Herald EDITORIAL Suspicious similarities between new coronavirus cases in Australia and New Zealand are unwelcome news as we wait for vaccines. In New South Wales, a returned traveller tested positive for Covid-19 two days after leaving quarantine, following two previous negative tests. In Victoria, a woman tested positive two days after completing her 14-day quarantine and with previous negative results.