Post-immigration quarantine-exempt traffic between Australia and New Zealand will resume on April 19.
Australia and New Zealand have basically banned foreigners from entering the country since March last year to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, and require quarantine for 14 days after entry if they enter the country with special permission. I will.
The quarantine was also applied to travel between Australia and neighboring New Zealand, but New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern exempted immigrants from Australia to New Zealand from April 19 at a meeting on the 6th. I announced that.
"It's the beginning of a new chapter in our response and recovery to the new coronavirus," Ardern said.
Meanwhile, the Australian side has already exempted most states from quarantining immigrants from New Zealand, and from April 19th, non-quarantine traffic between the two countries will resume.
Australian Prime Minister Morrison also welcomed at the press conference, "This is the first step towards returning to normal," and expressed his willingness to resume traffic with other countries in the future.
In both countries, infectious persons other than those who have entered the country from overseas have been rarely confirmed recently, and there have been voices waiting for the resumption of traffic between the two countries in order to restore the tourism industry.