An Auckland airport employee was tested on Tuesday April 20, positive for Covid-19 the day after the launch of the travel "
bubble
" with Australia, which should not be affected by this case of Covid-19 .
Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand indicated that this should not have an impact on this "
bubble
", the two countries "
having accepted that there are cases
".
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During a press briefing, she also recalled that systems have been put in place to manage this type of situation without having to take closure measures. Jacinda Ardern also specified that the contaminated employee is a maintenance agent who worked on board planes coming from countries with “
high risk
” of contamination.
In Australia, Minister of Health Greg Hunt reaffirmed that he had "
full confidence
" in New Zealand's ability to curb the emergence of Covid-19 cases. The first flights of this "
bubble
" eagerly awaited by the inhabitants of these two neighboring countries took off Monday April 19 after months of negotiations. Families separated since the borders were closed nearly 400 days ago due to the Covid-19 pandemic, have thus been able to find their loved ones or return to their home without being subject to a mandatory quarantine on arrival.
