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Jun 17, 2020, 10:05 pm

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Originally Posted by CPMaverick

I think Australia has missed the boat in terms of eradicating the virus like NZ. They were tantalizingly close, but now opening up with still community transfer in VIC (and to a much lesser extent, NSW).

The federal government seems to be pushing for the other states to open borders, and so closed borders and states within a NZ travel bubble are also not possible.

So, IMO, the travel bubble is unlikely now. NZ won't want to erase the hard work they've done.

Agree that the bubble is unlikely. Eradication never seemed like a realistic policy. It is possible that early next year some countries with low numbers can be in a bubble with Australia. NZ is the outlier. I don't see how it's possible to maintain what they have set up for what could very well be 2-3 years.

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