New Zealand confirms plans to keep borders closed to tourists until early 2022

New Zealand ‘s borders will remain closed to international visitors until April 2022. The country’s COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins announced this week that borders are currently planned to reopen from April 30, 2022 to international visitors who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Even then, there will be strict entry requirements such as needing proof of vaccination, a pre-departure test, a signed passenger declaration, a seven-day self-isolation period, as well as testing on arrival and during self-isolation. Vaccinated travellers won’t be required to stay in quarantine facilities, but they will be asked to self-isolate for seven days upon arrival. Mr Hipkins said as part of a statement: “"We always said we'd open in a controlled way, and this started with halving the time spent in MIQ to seven days. Retaining a seven-day isolate at home period for fully vaccinated travellers is an important phase in the reconnecting strategy to provide continued safety assurance. These settings will continue to be reviewed against the risk posed by travellers entering New Zealand.” For New Zealand’s citizens, the easing of border controls will start a little earlier in the year. Fully vaccinated New Zealand residents will be able to travel from Australia without quarantine… Read full this story

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