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New Zealand will not require travellers from China to be tested for Covid-19, the government has announced. The government this afternoon said imposing entry restrictions on travellers from China was not “required or justified”.Covid-19 Response Minister Ayesha Verrall said there was minimal public health risk to New Zealand.
“Officials have done a public health risk assessment, including working through scenarios of potential case numbers among travellers from China. This confirmed these visitors won’t contribute significantly to our Covid case numbers meaning entry restrictions aren’t required or justified,” she said.
The Covid-19 variant in China should not require new measures such as mandatory testing to protect New Zealanders, the Minister added.
She said this would be put in place in the “coming weeks”.
Scientists would then assess whether that should replace the random, voluntary testing of travellers from China she outlined today.
