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© Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.New Zealand plans to start reopening borders early next year
By NICK PERRY WELLINGTON, New Zealand©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Yubaru
More power to them! Show what proper leadership and cooperation from the people can accomplish!
Kaerimashita
Lets hope. Although i have my doubts. First sign of increased infections linked to travel and they will likely close down again
nonu6976
Its actually now 34% and 20% respectively.
2020hindsights
Good news. Life is pretty sweet here in NZ, but we have to open up eventually. It work in IT and getting staff is very difficult. If the borders open again, this will allow skilled migrants to come to NZ again.
n1k1
LOL ! To do what ? Server their sentences ?
geronimo2006
Good. Can't wait to visit and lose the mask for a while.
3RENSHO
"Server their sentences"
I see what you did there...!
louisferdinandc
So in practice given the reality of distribution of vaccines and even at parity of vaccination type (assuming there will be a list of approved vaccines) we will see:
Fully vaccinated from rich countries = no quarantine
Fully vaccinated from middle income = shorter quarantine
Fully vaccinated from low income and non vaccinated from anywhere = 14 days quarantine.I didn’t know the vaccine efficacy changed depending on where one comes from.
Ah and of course the best option remains:
Extremely wealthy Google founder: can already come in and be given citizenship.blahblah222
Japan should open its borders too. Japan will soon have one of the highest covid risks in the world, so it makes no sense to patrol the borders from countries with lower risk.
Akula
It will be interesting to see how this works, but the reality is that New Zealand needs to open up at some point. Labour's support has been falling in the polls, and Ardern needs to deliver some good news as her government is bumbling from one crisis to another.
Haaa Nemui
@Akula - I think there have been some positives from Labour but those are relatively straightforward and whoever was in power at the time would have done the same or similar. Ultimately though, the current government appears to be tossing some extremely important issues aside (housing being one of the most prominent) and I think that 3rd term complacency that so often hits has started early with Ardern. Next election could see a change. It certainly won’t be as easy as the last.
Xulux
I cannot understand how an advanced country of 5 million people has not been able to vaccinate all tis citizens. But ok, early next year--I'm checking prices.
Samit Basu
@Xulux
This happens when you have to import vaccine. With no local source of vaccine, you are at the mercy of overseas vaccine suppliers.
2020hindsights
n1k1
If the borders open again, this will allow skilled migrants to come to NZ again.
Another poster who doesn't know the difference between New Zealand and Australia.