New Zealand, Australia close borders to all but citizens, residents
15:55, 19 March 2020
SYDNEY. KAZINFORM The prime ministers of New Zealand and Australia on Thursday announced that all non-citizens and non-residents would be barred from entry in order to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.
New Zealand's border shutdown will be effective from midnight Thursday, and for Australia, from 9 am Friday. Both governments had already prohibited their citizens from traveling abroad and imposed a mandatory 14-day self-isolation for all those entering, EFE-EPA reports.
