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Rodney Jones: The border re-opening next month could be at risk

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Thu, 16 Dec 2021, 6:21pm
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Rodney Jones: The border re-opening next month could be at risk

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九一星空无限talk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 16 Dec 2021, 6:21pm

Plans to begin re-opening our border from next month could be at risk.

New Zealand citizens and residents in Australia are set to be able to travel here and isolate at home from January 17, skipping MIQ.

Covid-19 modeller Rodney Jones told Heather du Plessis-Allan based on the sheer volume of omicron cases and the speed it moves, you have to worry it will scupper plans.

鈥淚f you look at South Africa where they鈥檝e got lots of immunity from having听had听a lot of infections in the past, or these other countries that are highly vaccinated. It鈥檚 still just spreading听so听rapidly.鈥

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