


From 11:59pm 31 July 2022 the border will be open to all tourists and visa holders. Vaccinated visitors from visa waiver countries, and visitors from other countries who already hold a valid visitor visa, can travel to New Zealand. Coronavirus pandemic Todays latest from Al Jazeera BREAKING Macron, Sholz and Draghi in Kyiv to meet with Zelenskyy Coronavirus pandemic US to roll out COVID vaccines for youngest children. A second booster is recommended for those at increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19 and available for everyone over the age of 50 and health and disability workers over 30. If you’ve had COVID-19 you’ll need to wait 3 months.īoosters are available for people 18 and over at least 3 months after their primary vaccinations, while people 16 and 17 years old must wait for at least 6 months. Everyone aged 5 and over can be vaccinated for free. VaccinationsĬOVID-19 vaccination provides very good protection against developing severe disease. Find advice on the COVID-19 Health Hub or call Healthline on 08. People with COVID-19 and household contacts must isolate for 7 days, with tests on days 3 and 7 for household contacts.

If you develop COVID-19 symptoms or are a household contact of someone with COVID-19, get tested immediately. Read more about COVID-19 testing and on reinfection. Wearing face masks protects yourself and others from COVID-19, especially when in poorly ventilated spaces or when it is hard to physically distance from others. Read more on Unite against COVID-19 and in the latest news and media updates. 'There were no new domestic Covid-19 confirmed cases and no new domestic asymptomatic infections in Shanghai on June 24, 2022,' the city said in a statement. New Zealand is in Phase 3 of the Omicron response plan and at Orange in the COVID Protection Framework (traffic lights). Infections narrowed to a trickle in recent days, with Shanghai on Saturday reporting zero locally-transmitted cases for the first time since the start of the outbreak in early March.
