Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins announces a pause on quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and New South Wales on Thursday evening. Video / Derek ChengBy RNZIt is time to fire back up the transtasman bubble with New South Wales, according to an infectious disease specialist who says he would not have shut it down in the first place. However, Professor Peter Collignon from Australian National University said the risk of transmission between New South Wales and New Zealand was very low. "So at some stage, we're going to have to work out the level of risk we're willing to take. Collignon said considering the current risk level, he would not have closed travel with New South Wales over the new community cases.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 07, 2021 21:45 UTC