New Zealand to announce date for trans-Tasman quarantine-free travel on April 6

The New Zealand government will announce the date for the opening of the "trans-Tasman bubble" on April 6, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.

WELLINGTON, 

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.

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