Australia eyes Singapore for next travel bubble after quarantine-free travel with N. Zealand takes off


The opening of the travel bubble has led to tearful reunions and the excited resumption of overseas holidays. - Bloomberg

SYDNEY (The Straits Times/ANN): On Monday morning (April 19), Christina Cassin arrived in Melbourne from Wellington after taking advantage of a newly opened quarantine-free travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand.

Her rush to make it to Australia was understandable. Due to Covid-19 travel restrictions, she had been unable to visit her daughter or see her baby grandson, who was born five months ago.

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