On Thursday, April 8, the Ministry of External Affairs stated that the New Zealand government's temporary ban on travellers coming from India is due to a surge in cases of coronavirus among visitors which is likely to be lifted after April 28.
According to reports, this happens to be the first time that New Zealand has imposed a temporary ban on the entry of travellers coming from India, including its citizens. The ban, from April 11 to 28, was announced by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
The decision to ban passengers travelling from India comes after New Zealand recorded 23 new positive COVID-19 cases in managed isolation on Thursday, of which 17 came from India, according to the country's Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield.
Meanwhile, the government in New Zealand will hold a virtual discussion on risk management and measures that can be taken to resume air travel between the two countries. Moreover, New Zealand is at least twelve times geographically smaller than India, however, stringent measures are in place in the island nation to contain the spread of the deadly disease.
On the other hand, as people across the globe continue to grapple with the pandemic, India so far has recorded over 1,30,60,542 positive cases, out of which 1,19,13,292 have recovered successfully, while 1,67,642 have died. According to the latest reports from MoHFW, in the past 24 hours, 1,31,968 new cases, 61,899 fresh recoveries and 780 deaths have been reported. As of now, the total number of active cases in the country is 9,79,608.
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