Bubble bursts after 3 community cases in Auckland, with 1 of the people working for an airline catering company.
I suspect many to most people will chose not travel to Australia when required to spend 14 days in isolation at a cost of ~AU$3000. If AU has hotel quarantine capacity is another question. Melbourne hotel quarantine is currently closed due a Covid-19 outbreak from the Airport Holiday Inn, that was being used for the 14 day quarantine. Air NZ has 3 AKL-MEL flights a week.
AU Dept of Health 14 Feb 2021 ----->
Three-day Auckland lockdown
Australia’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly, has convened an urgent meeting with Chief Health Officers of states open to New Zealand Green Zone flights (NSW, Qld and Victoria) to discuss the three-day lockdown in Auckland.
It was decided at this meeting today that all flights originating in New Zealand will be classified as Red Zone flights for an initial period of 72 hours from 12.01am on 15 February. As a result of this, all people arriving on such flights originating within this three-day period will need to go into 14 days of supervised hotel quarantine. No flights are due to arrive in Australia from New Zealand tonight (14 February). States will determine how to manage people who have already arrived in Australia from New Zealand and who may pose a risk of transmitting the COVID-19 virus.
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14 Feb 2021 (abc.net.at)----->
Australia stops quarantine-free travel for New Zealand after COVID-19 case
Key points:- People flying in from New Zealand from Monday to Wednesday will be required to quarantine for 14 days
- Travellers from New Zealand had been allowed to enter Queensland, NSW and Victoria without quarantine
- An outbreak of three new COVID-19 cases in Auckland has led to Australia pausing the travel arrangement
Australia will stop quarantine-free travel for New Zealanders, after three COVID-19 cases were recorded in Auckland.The trans-Tasman bubble was set up so people could fly from New Zealand to Australia without needing to spend 14 days in a hotel. However, Australia's expert medical panel made a decision late on Sunday night to change the system. It means any New Zealanders that fly into Australia from Monday will have to spend a fortnight in hotel quarantine. The new rule will remain in place for the next three days before the situation is reassessed.
A statement on the Department of Health website said the pause on quarantine-free travel was decided after a meeting with the Chief Health Officers of Queensland, NSW and Victoria and Australia's Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly. "All people arriving on such flights originating within this three-day period will need to go into 14 days of supervised hotel quarantine," the statement read. "The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee will consider further updates from New Zealand tomorrow and provide advice."
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14 Feb 2021 (news.com.au)----->
New Zealand on alert: Jacinda Ardern announces three-day lockdown for Auckland after three new COVID-19 cases
Australia will reimpose new rules on New Zealanders looking to travel into the country after three new COVID-19 cases were detected.
Australia will reimpose hotel quarantine on New Zealand after three new COVID-19 cases were detected in the country. The trans-Tasman bubble allowed people from New Zealand to fly to Australia without the need to quarantine. However in a late night “urgent” meeting on Sunday, Australia’s chief medical officer, Paul Kelly, along with state officials determined all flights will now be classified as “Red Zone flights”. It means any New Zealanders that fly into Australia from 12.01am Monday will need to spend two weeks in hotel quarantine. The initial timeframe for the rule stands for three days with officials “considering further updates”.
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