New Zealand has announced a temporary ban on arrivals from India as the south-Asian country continue to report record surge in daily number of cases, in order to curb the spread of the virus in managed quarantine facilities. The country has even banned the entry of its own citizen arriving from India for the time being.
From April 11 to 28, flights from India to New Zealand will be suspended in order to reduce the number of arriving passengers from India who test positive for Covid-19.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told a press conference that anyone who had been in India in the past 14 days would be banned from entering New Zealand until April 28.
The ban applies to anyone who has been in India, covering New Zealand citizens and residents, Ardern said.
The decision came as New Zealand reported 23 newly imported Covid-19 cases in managed isolation facilities on Thursday. Of which, 17 people came from India.
On Thursday, India recorded 126,789 Covid-19 cases, the highest single-day spike following the onset of the pandemic last year.
