Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins has paused quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and New South Wales while the source of infection of the two cases announced in Sydney in the last two days is investigated. Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins has paused quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and New South Wales while the source of infection of the two cases announced in Sydney in the last two days is investigated. Director general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says a decision to pause a travel bubble with Sydney was necessary after two positive Covid cases were confirmed. He said he and other health officials had put a lot of thought into pausing the New South Wales quarantine-free travel bubble before it was announced publicly. Despite those issues, he said the fact that 14,000 people in New Zealand received a Covid-19 vaccination yesterday alone was encouraging.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 06, 2021 22:29 UTC