New Zealand's last coronavirus patient leaves hospital and the country has gone five days without a new case, as a taskforce turns its attention to reopening travel with Australia. Follow live.
The Australian and New Zealand governments will receive a blueprint on safely reopening their shared international border as soon as next week.
A working group of officials and experts, including government personnel, airports and airline representatives, coordinated by the Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum, will produce the blueprint by "early June"."We are poring over every detail and aspect," she said. "We have an opportunity now to work together to show how we can support tourism on both sides of the Tasman and do it safely."
While the report will go to governments soon, neither Australia nor New Zealand is committing to a timeline on the re-establishment of regular travel.has pledged to "consider" the travel in July as part of the third and final step of his COVID-19 roadmap.is eager to move "as soon as it is safe to do so" and called the establishment of the bubble "a core plank in our economic recovery".
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