New Zealand halts travel bubble with Australia over Delta variant
The Peninsula
ANKARA – New Zealand on Friday announced a temporary end to travel bubble with Australia over the spread of more severe Delta variant of the coronavirus.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told a news conference in Wellington that the quarantine-free travel with Australia “will be suspended from 11:59 p.m. (local time) tonight for at least eight weeks.” Expressing caution over deteriorating situation due to the Delta variant, Ardern said: “Immigration New Zealand staff are being deployed to Australian ports to check pre-departure tests.”More Related News