𝕁𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕒 𝔸𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤 ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕣 ℂ𝕆𝕍𝕀𝔻-𝟙𝟡 𝕧𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕆𝕞𝕚𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕟 𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕠𝕤

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𝕁𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕒 𝔸𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤 ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕣 ℂ𝕆𝕍𝕀𝔻-𝟙𝟡 𝕧𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕆𝕞𝕚𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕟 𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕠𝕤


ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕣𝕦𝕤 𝕧𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕓𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕧𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤, 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕟𝕖𝕕 ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕁𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕒 𝔸𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕 𝕠𝕟 𝔽𝕣𝕚𝕕𝕒𝕪, 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕝𝕦𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕙 𝔸𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕒.

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ll of our planning around COVID, we have built into it the possibility of variants in the future," Ardern said in an interview for the upcoming Reuters Next.

"That is why we are maintaining levels of public health protections. It's why we've maintained requirements at our border."

 




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Britain on Thursday drew attention to a newly identified coronavirus variant in South Africa with a spike protein that was dramatically different to the one in the original coronavirus that COVID-19 vaccines are based on.

The discovery of the B.1.1.529 strain, which has more mutations than the highly transmissible Delta variant, prompted Britain to rush in travel restrictions on South Africa and five neighbouring countries.

Ardern's government, under mounting pressure from the tourism industry and other businesses, announced earlier this week it would reopen its borders to fully vaccinated international travellers from April 30.

When asked on Friday if the new variant would likely delay that timetable, Ardern said the country will had "a number of inbuilt measures to act as a layer of protection."

"With all our changes, we constantly monitor what is happening with the pandemic as we go and we'll continue to do that," she added.

New Zealand's border has been closed for almost two years. Along with its geographic isolation, the South Pacific country enforced some of the tightest pandemic restrictions among OECD nations, limiting the spread of COVID-19 and helping its economy bounce back faster than many of its peers.

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Ardern also said New Zealand had already benefited from being able to observe seasonal impacts of the coronavirus in other countries.

"It gives us the ability to see the impact of things like waning immunity, to see what happens with public health restrictions," Ardern said.

"We are transitioning into a phase now where we see the vaccine do some heavy lifting, but we are maintaining a level of public health restriction."


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