New Zealand declares Covid 19 free after the last case
Aug 31, 2021
On 3 February, the New Zealand Government announced that foreign travellers who left
from China would be denied entry to New Zealand, with only New Zealand citizens and
permanent residents and their family being allowed to enter. Universities asked for the
Government to exempt Chinese students travelling to study in New Zealand. Foreigners who left
China and spent at least 14 days in another country were permitted to enter New Zealand. The
ban was extended for an additional eight days on 24 February.
March 14: The Government cancels a memorial service scheduled the next day for victims of
the March 15, 2019 massacre in Christchurch.
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On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was the cause of a respiratory illness (coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19), found in a cluster of people in Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples Republic of China, which had been reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.
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