Bubble with Victoria back

Quarantine-free travel with Australia’s state of Victoria will resume from midnight tonight. The Ministry of Health announced yesterday the pause was to be lifted after the public health risk was deemed to be low. In a statement, the ministry said the pause would be lifted at 11.59pm on Tuesday, and travellers would no longer be required to have a predeparture test. New Zealand first paused the bubble in late May following an outbreak of Covid-19 in Melbourne. The ministry said all travellers were encouraged to continue monitoring for symptoms and checking the Victorian Health website for any updated locations of interest. Anyone in New Zealand who has been at any of the current locations of interest or newly identified locations of interest in Victoria, New South Wales or Queensland in the last 14 days at the specified times should continue to self-isolate and contact Healthline for advice on testing, the ministry said.