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New Zealand has enacted sweeping border restrictions forcing anyone who arrives in the country to go straight to quarantine

Posted by Kabza De Small March 14, 2020

New Zealand has created a sweeping border restrictions forcing anyone who arrives in the country to go straight to quarantine.

The unprecedented measure will apply to both foreign visitors and NZ citizens returning home.

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According to the new restrictions laws all travelers entering New Zealand will be required to self-isolate for 14 days on arrival as the country locks down to ward off the spread of coronavirus.

New Zealand has enacted sweeping border restrictions forcing anyone who arrives in the country to go straight to quarantine. The unprecedented measure will apply to both foreign visitors and NZ citizens returning home. https://t.co/c2OPtTVdOA @jenbechwati #Coronavirus #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/EK8Iz8BSMK
— 7NEWS Sydney (@7NewsSydney) March 14, 2020

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the measure on Saturday which will be effective from midnight Sunday after an emergency meeting of cabinet.

“We do not take these decisions lightly,” she said.

“New Zealand will have the widest-ranging and toughest border restrictions of anyone in the world.”