New Zealand scrapping pre-departure testing
Travellers to New Zealand will no longer require a Cpvid-19 pre-departure test from 20 June
“We’ve taken a careful and staged approach to reopening our borders to. Our strategy has worked and as a result it’s safe to lift pre-departure test requirements sooner than planned,” Covid-19 Response Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall said.
“We had intended to remove the requirement for travellers to have a pre-departure test by 31 July. But with cases continuing to decline there is evidence this measure can now be lifted.”
“We don’t anticipate a significant increase in border cases once the requirement is lifted.”
A set of border surveillance measures remain in place for detecting possible new variants.
Travellers will still be required to self-test on Day 0/1 and again on Day 5/6.
If the result of either test is positive, they must then get a PCR test.
Passengers transiting through New Zealand will no longer need to be vaccinated, nor be required to complete a New Zealand Traveller Declaration.
“These changes represent important progress in our ongoing management of Covid-19,” Verrall said.
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