- The surge in Covid-19 cases in Australia stopped New Zealand’s quarantine-free travel bubble.
- Half of Australia’s population is now under lockdown.
- In New Zealand and Australia, relatively few people are vaccinated.
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Due to the increase in the number of coronavirus cases in Australia, New Zealand stopped the quarantine-free travel bubble with Australia.
New Zealand and Australia are the two countries that are most cautious about Covid in the world: they have implemented strict new border policies at the border and implemented severe blockade measures to prevent being overwhelmed by the virus.
them Open The bubble between them in April.
But the virus in Australia has surged.it Report Friday was the year’s highest number of daily cases, and now about half of the country’s population Blocking.
Australia and New Zealand have relatively few people vaccinated—about 13% in both countries.
New Zealand has now suspended the bubble for at least eight weeks, Guardian report.
According to the Guardian, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Friday that New Zealand “now faces greater risks than when we opened the travel bubble”.
“Covid has changed, and we must also change,” she added.
She said the New Zealand government is “still committed” to the tourism bubble and hopes it can start again.
