New Zealand to ban foreigners' entry as coronavirus fear looms large

New Zealand has anunced that it will be closing its borders to all foreigners in an attempt to slow spre of dely coronavirus. According to reports, only permanent residents, citizens and ir families will be allowed to enter country. ban will go into effect from midnight on March 19. anuncement was me by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern during a press conference.

As per reports, Arden said that permanent residents and New Zealand citizens will be allowed to return, as well as ir partners and children. She ded that ban will also w apply to Pacific which h been earlier exempted. Pacific was ded to list of banned foreigners due to recent discovery of first case of COVID-19.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison also anunced a similar measure. Only permanent residents of Australia will be allowed to enter country after 9pm (local time) on March 20. According to reports, Morrison told reporters that he was in contact with New Zealand’s Prime Minister and he appreciated  consultation with her.

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re are currently 28 positive cases of coronavirus in New Zealand with deaths reported, while re are 636 reported cases in Australia with 6 deaths. vel coronavirus, also kwn as COVID-19, has claimed more than 8,960 lives across world and has infected over 2,19,332 people globally since it first broke out in December 2019. China is most affected country in world as experts believe that virus originated from a seafood market in Wuhan city, epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally. Italy and Iran are or countries that are most affected by virus outbreak.

Ecomy severely hit

New Zealand on March 17, anunced that it would pump $7.31 billion into ecomy. According to reports, amount is equal to 4 per cent of New Zealand’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This anuncement was me in order to slow a contraction expected from business disruptions caused by coronavirus outbreak.

According to reports, Finance Minister Grant Robertson in a news conference said that proposed amount was larger than one that was implemented during global financial crisis and ded that it was larger in terms of GDP percent to packs offered by or countries like Australia and Singapore.

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