The New Zealand government will announce the date for the opening of the "trans-Tasman bubble" on April 6, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday.
The "trans-Tasman bubble" will allow visitors from Australia to enter New Zealand without the compulsory two-week quarantine in government managed isolation facilities, Ardern said following a cabinet meeting.
There are usually 6,000 Australian people visiting New Zealand on a daily basis pre-COVID, local media reported. Both countries have generally eradicated the COVID-19 pandemic, without community cases found for several days.
Currently, New Zealanders can go to some Australian states without being quarantined in managed isolation facilities.
