Talks to resume travel

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Permanent Secretary for the Office of the Prime Minister Yogesh Karan. Picture: FT FILE

Government is in close consultation with its New Zealand and Australia counterparts on plans to resume passenger air travel.

This was highlighted by the permanent secretary of the Office of the Prime Minister, Yogesh Karan, during the virtual roundtable meeting organised by the United Nations and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) held in Suva on Tuesday.

He said Fiji was likely to admit visitors from New Zealand very soon.

“We are concerned about the recent resurgence of the pandemic in Australia, however, we are confident that the Australian federal government and the Australian state governments will take the necessary steps to contain it once again,” he said.

“The recent candid statements by the premier of the state of Victoria, Daniel Andrews, give us great hope.”

He said through Fiji’s Blue Lane initiative, passengers arriving by sea could quarantine for 14 days at sea as long as they could show that they had tested negative for COVID-19 within 48-hours of their departure.

“Passengers whose journey is less than 14 days can get credit for their time at sea and finish their quarantine in Fiji.

“All visitors to Fiji are required to download the careFIJI mobile application to enter the country.

“This is a contact-tracing application that uses the same code that Singapore and Australia have used so it will allow us to integrate cross-border contact tracing with other countries using that code, if necessary.”

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