The 'green list': How other island-based nations have handled the re-opening of international travel

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Some island nations are doing comparatively well in suppressing the virus.

A passenger wearing a mask is seen with their baggage after arriving on a flight from Melbourne at Sydney Airport . Image: AAP/PA Images A passenger wearing a mask is seen with their baggage after arriving on a flight from Melbourne at Sydney Airport . Image: AAP/PA Images WHAT ARE OTHER island nations doing around the world in relation to travel?

The Cabinet is due to discuss the list tonight at 7pm, before possibly approving and publishing it. It was first due to be published on 9 July, but this was delayed until yesterday, 20 July. “New Zealand should be what we’re aiming for,” he said, echoing calls made recently by other health professionals.

But at the start of July, New Zealand closed its borders to its own citizens too, in response to an accelerating influx of citizens fleeing coronavirus outbreaks overseas. Since New Zealand went into lockdown in March, nearly 27,000 people have gone through managed isolation and quarantine. The nation of five million, a similar population to Ireland, has recorded just under 2,000 cases of Covid-19, and 22 deaths.

Australia has been relatively unscathed by the Covid-19 crisis. With a population of 25 million, it’s had a total of 12,069 cases . A gradual reopening of Japan’s borders is due to take place, but will prioritise countries with which Japan has strong cultural ties: Vietnam, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and Taiwan, for example.

Malta, with a population of 440,000, has had a total of 677 cases and 9 deaths. It has carried out over 113,000 tests – a quarter of its population.

 

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