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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that the country’s borders will remain closed throughout 2021. This statement was made by the female leader following the discovery of the South African crown (South African) mutation in the country on last weekend.
“Given the risks in the world around us and the uncertainty of global vaccine launches, we can expect our borders to be affected for most of the year,” Ardern said at a news conference on Tuesday (1/26 / 2021). Reuters.
However, New Zealand will continue to apply travel arrangements (travel arrangements) with neighboring Australia and several other Pacific countries. But to open the doors to the rest of the world, authorities need to be confident that those who are vaccinated will not transmit Covid-19 to others again.
Furthermore, the authorities must also be fairly certain that a large number of the population has been vaccinated. So that people can safely re-enter New Zealand.
“In the meantime, we will continue to chase the travel bubble (pandemic travel rules) with Australia and the Pacific, but (opening up) to the rest of the world will pose too great a risk to our health and our economy to take risks in this stage, ”he continued.
Meanwhile, Ardern said New Zealand’s drug regulator Medsafe was working to provide temporary approval for the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE vaccines. The first vaccines will arrive in New Zealand at the end of the first quarter, but the government wants everything to be ready if they arrive early.
Tough blockades and geographic isolation are helping the country of 5 million people to rid itself of the coronavirus in the country. New Zealand in 2020 is considered as one of the countries that managed to fight the crown.
Previously, in January a case of the Covid-19 mutation was found again in New Zealand. One patient tested positive for the South African virus mutant after emerging from the mandatory two-week quarantine.
This led Australia to immediately suspend travel with New Zealand for 72 hours. New Zealand reported two new cases of Covid-19 in a managed isolation facility on Tuesday, but no new community cases.
The country currently has 65 active cases. In total there were 1,934 people infected with 25 deaths.
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