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New Zealand Proclaims Plan to Reopen Its Borders
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern mentioned the nation would start to ease strict border controls and quarantine guidelines for residents and vacationers who’ve obtained a minimum of two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.
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Right now I’m saying that the totally vaccinated Kiwis and different presently eligible vacationers from Australia will be capable to journey to New Zealand from 11:59 p.m. Sunday 27 February. And as an alternative of going into MIQ, will be capable to self-isolate. In step two, simply two weeks later, totally vaccinated New Zealanders and different presently eligible vacationers from the remainder of the world may also be capable to journey into New Zealand with out going by MIQ. Whereas we are going to now not require folks to enter managed isolation, at this stage vacationers can be requested to comply with broadly the identical necessities we’ve in New Zealand for people who find themselves deemed shut contacts on the time of their journey. Which means presently returning New Zealanders might want to self-isolate for 10 days. However because the isolation interval drops for shut contacts right here in New Zealand, because it does in Part 2 of our Omicron response, so too will returnees solely must isolate for seven days.
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