The Ministry of Health has confirmed Quarantine Free Travel with New South Wales will continue – subject to no further significant developments in the Australian State. “New Zealand health officials met today to conduct an assessment of the public health risk from the recently identified COVID-19 community cases in Sydney.
It has been determined that, at this time, the risk to public health in New Zealand remains low,” says the Ministry’s Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay.
Health officials are continuing to review details of three confirmed community cases of COVID-19 reported in New South Wales in the past 24 hours, and a fourth case is under investigation.