{"id":637218,"date":"2022-08-04T13:12:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T13:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=637218"},"modified":"2022-08-04T13:12:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T13:12:09","slug":"new-zealand-fully-reopens-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/new-zealand-fully-reopens-borders\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand fully reopens borders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Covid-19 has stopped a lot of people from being able to go places and stopped a lot of people from doing anything due to this infectious virus. The virus was very contagious and forced a lot of people to go into lockdown and stopped them from going to work unless they were essential workers.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Zealand saw the worst of the virus during this time, having many people being infected and going into lockdown a lot throughout the 3 years of being infected.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called it an “enormous moment”, adding it was part of a “cautious process”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Most visitors will still need to be fully vaccinated before entering, however, there is no quarantine when entering.<\/p>\n

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Image Credit: Corona Borealis Studio<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

“We, alongside the rest of the world, continue to manage a very live global pandemic, while keeping our people safe,” said Ms Ardern<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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In the year ending March 2021, the industry’s contribution to the GDP dropped to 2.9%, from 5.5% the year before.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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International tourism took an especially big hit, plunging 91.5% – or NZ$16.2bn ($10.2bn; \u00a38.4bn) – to NZ$1.5bn, according to official data. As stated by the BBC.<\/p>\n

Covid-19 was one of the hardest-hitting viruses of all time, making the whole world stop for a second before starting all over again. This has now somewhat stopped and the world is back on track to becoming normal again!<\/p>\n

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