Australia has shut its border to New Zealand (NZ) for 72 hours after the country recorded three new cases of the UK strain of the CCP virus, for a second time popping the travel bubble that had existed between the two nations. Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Paul Kelly convened an urgent meeting with the CMO’s of Australia’s states in the travel bubble and it was decided NZ would be declared a Red Zone for the next three days, Kelly announced on Sunday night. All travellers from NZ will now need to enter a mandatory 14-day quarantine upon arrival in Australia. “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,” Kelly said. Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt told reporters on Sunday that state health ministers had also asked for the manifests of all Air …
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