New Zealand Prime Minister Jesinda Ardern 11 announced that New Zealand will start to completely open its borders again at the last minute of July 31 to welcome any foreign tourists, workers, international students, and relatives holding new visas; the maritime border will also be reopened at the same time, allowing foreign cruise ships to enter the port. Adern also issued a series of new policies involving foreign workers, hoping to attract more professional and skilled workers and immigrants.
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Ardern is in quarantine at home because his partner is infected with the new coronavirus. According to New Zealand Radio, Ardern attended a business lunch meeting in Auckland on the same day, with the Minister of Immigration and Education present. She then returned to her home in , Wellington, and announced the new policy through video link. The date when
is fully open to the country is two months ahead of schedule. According to the New Zealand government's plan to gradually open the border, citizens and foreign permanent residents have been allowed to enter the country; starting from May 1, visa-free travelers in Germany and the United Kingdom can enter New Zealand without quarantine, provided that the new crown vaccine full vaccination certificate is provided, and the new coronavirus test result before departure and after arrival is negative. Foreign travelers who require a visa originally could not travel until October, but now they are ahead of August.
Adern said that the border epidemic monitoring measures will continue to be implemented at this stage, but she is "confident" that the requirement for foreign passengers to "accept COVID-19 testing before departure" will be cancelled by July 31.
New Zealand is vast and sparsely populated, with a population of about 5 million, making it one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. After the outbreak of the epidemic, New Zealand began to ban almost all foreign tourists from entering the country in March 2020. Thanks to strict lockdown measures, New Zealand has better control over the epidemic. Later, due to the spread of the Omickron variant, the Ardern government adjusted its epidemic prevention policy and reopened the border plan. At present, New Zealand has a total of more than 1 million confirmed cases and more than 800 deaths. While
announced the date of reopening the country, Ardern also released a series of new immigration policies, aiming to "ease the urgent shortage of skilled labor, reopen the tourism industry and make the basis of my country's immigration policy to introduce a safer basis", helping the New Zealand economy accelerate its recovery from the impact of the new crown epidemic.
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