New Zealand Implements Home Quarantine Program for Some Overseas Arrivals... Easing Lockdown Restrictions

150 Fully Vaccinated Individuals Entering for Business Purposes

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] New Zealand is loosening the restrictions it had imposed due to COVID-19 by allowing some overseas arrivals to quarantine at home.

According to the AP News and others on the 27th (local time), New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that a pilot program will be operated allowing vaccinated arrivals to self-isolate at home. This measure will apply from November 30 to December 8, limited to 150 people with New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency entering for business purposes.

Prime Minister Ardern said at a press conference, "As the vaccinated population increases, we are implementing this program," adding, "If the vaccinated population grows further, home quarantine measures can be implemented more safely."

Ardern also plans to establish measures to safely accept returning residents. Until now, those returning to New Zealand were required without exception to quarantine for at least two weeks in government-designated facilities such as hotels.

The international statistics site Our World in Data reported that as of the 26th, New Zealand's full vaccination rate was 36.7%.

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