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Transtasman bubble: How the world reacted to exciting NZ-Australian travel bubble 6 Apr, 2021 06:36 AM 5 minutes to read Air New Zealand staff respond to PM s Australian travel bubble announcement. Video / Supplied NZ Herald The much-anticipated transtasman travel bubble between New Zealand and Australia finally has a start date: April 19 - and the announcement has made a splash globally. Quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and Australia can begin in less than two weeks, at 11.59pm on April 19. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins this afternoon confirmed that all the conditions for the bubble have been met. The director general of health considers the risk of transmission of Covid-19 from Australia to New Zealand is low and that quarantine free travel is safe to commence, Ardern said. ....
Travel envy? How the world reacted to exciting NZ-Aussie travel bubble Tue, 6 Apr 2021, 8:32PM Passengers wearing facemasks arrive into the international arrivals area at Sydney s Kingsford Smith Airport from New Zealand in October. (Photo / Getty) Travel envy? How the world reacted to exciting NZ-Aussie travel bubble Tue, 6 Apr 2021, 8:32PM The much-anticipated trans-Tasman travel bubble between New Zealand and Australia finally has a start date: April 19 - and the announcement has made a splash globally. Quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and Australia can begin in less than two weeks, at 11.59pm on April 19. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins this afternoon confirmed that all the conditions for the bubble have been met. ....
12 Jan 2021 04:53 Chief Medical Officer Professor Nicole Spurrier said the state currently had 588 total infections, 15 of which were active and in medi-hotels, with more than 4500 tests done in the last 24 hours. Professor Spurrier said there were four cases of the highly infectious UK strain of the virus in South Australia. Two people have been cleared of the infection while two remain in a medi-hotel. We are very concerned about this particular variant of the virus, Professor Spurrier said. South Australia will make no changes to its border restrictions to Queensland and New South Wales, but Professor Spurrier said she hoped border closures would ease as soon as possible. ....