The Government is creating a new category of "very high risk country" to reduce the number of infected people coming into New Zealand. The Government is creating a new category of "very high risk country" to reduce the number of infected people coming into New Zealand. "The fewer the cases coming in though, the lower the risk will be." Very high risk countries are those that have more than 50 cases per thousand arrivals in New Zealand, and have more than 15 arrivals per month. Hipkins said travellers from the US and the UK were 10 times less likely to have Covid-19 when they arrive in New Zealand than those from the very high risk countries.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 22, 2021 23:50 UTC