Jacinda Ardern Hints at ‘State by State’ Travel Bubble With Australia

Jacinda Ardern Hints at ‘State by State’ Travel Bubble With Australia
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern during a press conference at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand on Jan. 26, 2021. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images
Alex Joseph
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern thinks Australia closed its border to her country too hastily and hinted at switching its travel bubble to individual arrangements with each Australian state or territory instead of the entire country.

This comes after the Australian government suspended quarantine-free travel for three days for New Zealand arrivals after the discovery one locally acquired case of the South African strain of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Pary) virus.