New Zealand to rethink plan to reopen borders amid Delta outbreak
by Eva Corlett in Wellington from on (#5P9AT)
Despite a fifth day of falling cases, planned reopening early next year will be changed to grade countries by vaccination and case numbers
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New Zealand's plans to reopen its borders to the world early next year will have to undergo a complete reworking, the government has warned, as the country races to stamp out an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant.
The nation recorded 15 new cases of coronavirus in the community on Wednesday, bringing the total number in the outbreak to 855.
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