New Caledonia says New Zealand and Australia have expressed interest in setting up a travel bubble with the French territory. Its government spokesperson Christopher Gyges said that considering the Covid-19 regimes of New Zealand and Australia, it will take at least six months to set up a bubble. New Caledonia closed its borders last year and instituted a mandatory, government-run quarantine system for the returning residents. Lecornu deplores slow vaccination in French overseas territoriesThe French overseas minister Sebastien Lecornu has the slow Covid-19 vaccine uptake in overseas territories has no link to France's vaccine supply, which has been plentiful. In Wallis and Futuna, the vaccine uptake has slowed to the point that vaccine stocks are to be returned in order to prevent them from expiring.

Source: Stuff June 08, 2021 19:18 UTC