New Zealand will lift its partial suspension of a ‘travel bubble’ with Australia from midnight on Sunday as fears of a COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney eased.
New Zealand had blocked travel to and from New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, on Thursday after a couple in Sydney with no links to high risk professions or people tested positive for COVID-19.
The cases prompted a reinstatement of some social distancing measures around Sydney, and a campaign to get more people tested, as authorities scrambled to determine the source of infection.
However, state health officials on Saturday reported a second straight day without a new case, allaying concerns about a wider outbreak in the city.
