New Zealand travellers are seen as quarantine-free travel between Australia and New Zealand begins, at Sydney International Airport, Australia April 19, 2021. — AAP Image/Mick Tsikas handout via ReutersWELLINGTON, Apr 24 — New Zealand on Friday paused its newly opened travel bubble with Australia, the government in Wellington said, after a Covid-19 outbreak in its larger neighbour.
The decision to lock down followed"a positive Covid-19 case from hotel quarantine who was active in the community," a statement on the Western Australia government website said. "He spent up to five days in Perth, and we now need to assume he was infectious," Western Australia premier Mark McGowan told a press conference.New Zealand and Australia had opened their quarantine-free travel bubble on April 18, almost 400 days after they closed their borders due to the pandemic.
The leaders of both nations had hailed the bubble, which also would have provided a much-needed boost to New Zealand's beleaguered tourism industry, and urged residents to take advantage of it.
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