New Zealand: Borders reopen for vaccinated travelers in early 2022

New Zealand plans to reopen its borders to Vaccination of travelers From the first quarter of 2022, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced yesterday.

Passengers have been vaccinated from Low-risk countries You will be able to travel without quarantine, while these are from Medium and high risk countries will have to perform Quarantine at the hotel or at home, up to 14 days, depending on vaccination status and country of origin. “Our ultimate goal is to achieve quarantine-free entry for all vaccinated travelers‘, happy Jacinda Ardern, and to be sure:”Vaccines, border testing, and perhaps a little bit of symptom monitoring when traveling will eventually become normal. We will get back to it».

New Zealand’s attempts to loosen border controls have so far met with mixed success. The “travel bubbleAustralia was suspended in June after cases re-emerged on the huge island continent. Non-quarantine travel is permitted with the small Cook Islands as well as seasonal workers from Tonga, Samoa and Vanuatu.

However, authorities are facing demands to ease border measures from sectors such as health, hospitality and agriculture, as they face severe labor shortages due to the absence of foreign workers.