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Coronavirus case drops have raised the trans-Tasman travel bubble again. How far off are we? – ABC News
It’s been mooted at various points during the pandemic, but a trans-Tasman travel bubble was raised again at last Friday’s National Cabinet. What’s different this time?
They were simpler times.
In April, Australia and New Zealand’s coronavirus numbers were once considered low enough that the prospect of a trans-Tasman travel bubble was mooted to keep the twin economies chugging along, albeit at a slower pace.
But the momentum for that idea took a nosedive when the virus slipped out of Melbourne hotels and spread across Victoria.
Later, ‘COVID-free’ New Zealand celebrations were put on ice when new cases were revealed in Auckland.
So, where exactly are w…
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