“Travel between New Zealand and Western Australia has been suspended,” writes the New Zealand government.
New Zealand on Friday suspended the travel “bubble” it had just opened with Australia, the government announced in Wellington, after a resurgence of the pandemic in its big neighbor. These two countries had decided to allow travel between the two countries without a mandatory quarantine on April 18.
“In accordance with our bubble protocols, travel between New Zealand and Western Australia has been suspended, pending further government advice,” says the New Zealand government in a statement published on its website.
A traveler tested positive in Australia
“This decision follows the announcement of a 3-day lockdown in Perth, Western Australia,” it is written. Australian authorities have announced three days of health restrictions in the Perth and Peel regions due to start at midnight Friday, due to a traveler who tested positive for the coronavirus.
These new restrictions were decided “following a positive case in a person quarantined at the hotel and active in the community”, have indicated the authorities of Western Australia on their website.
According to local media, a man in his 50s who had taken a Perth-Melbourne flight on Wednesday tested positive earlier on Friday. He quarantined himself in a hotel as required by law but he was at restaurants, college, doctor’s and a friend’s house before he left.
“He has been in Perth for almost 5 days and must be considered infected”, Western Australian Prime Minister Mark McGowan said at a press conference.
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