{"id":2581,"date":"2020-10-02T18:59:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T13:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=2581"},"modified":"2020-10-02T18:59:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T13:14:25","slug":"travel-reopens-between-australia-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=2581","title":{"rendered":"Travel reopens between Australia, New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>AGENCY :<\/strong> Australia and New Zealand have announced a partial opening of their borders to international travel between the neighboring countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Australian Transport Minister Michael McCormack says passengers will be able to fly to Sydney and Darwin without going into quarantine from October 16 if they have spent at least two weeks in parts of New Zealand that are not considered COVID-19 hot spots.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But New Zealand will continue to insist on travelers from Australia going into hotel quarantine for two weeks on arrival. McCormack says, \u201cWe want to open up Australia to the world. This is the first part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two countries separated by the Tasman Sea have long said that the return of international travel would begin with a so-called Trans-Tasman Bubble. McCormack says Australian authorities have concluded that New Zealand posed a low risk of COVID-19 transmission to Australia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But travelers who have visited a New Zealand hot spot &#8212; defined as a region that has reported three new infections a day over three days &#8212; won&#8217;t be exempt from quarantine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">McCormack says the South Australia state capital Adelaide would likely become the next city to allow quarantine-free travel from New Zealand. He says when New Zealand would allow quarantine-free travel from Australia is a question for New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Australian states and territories have restricted movement across their borders to reduce the pandemic\u2019s spread, particularly from Victoria state, which has accounted for 802 of the nation\u2019s 888 coronavirus deaths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AGENCY : Australia and New Zealand have announced a partial opening of their borders to international travel between the neighboring countries. 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