New Zealand has avoided a COVID-19 outbreak, despite a visit by an Australian traveller with the delta variant. But now is clearly the time to introduce mandatory scanning and mask rules.
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The trans-Tasman travel bubble has come to a temporary regional halt three times now, highlighting the challenges in tracking the risk of an outbreak across jurisdictions with different systems.
The amount of risk from overseas arrivals depends not just on Australia’s vaccination rates, but also on the particular circumstances of the country from which people are travelling.
It’s been another hectic week in politics, with the recommendations for the AstraZeneca vaccine changing, and the government’s keenly-awaited response to the Respect@Work report.
New Zealand and Australia both had COVID-19 outbreaks originating from border facilities, but as frontline border workers are prioritised for vaccination, the risk of this happening again is lower.
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Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Epidemiology, Population Interventions Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor, University of Canterbury
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Research Fellow at Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau