Professor Patricia Kearney:

What we are proposing is that there would be no non-essential foreign travel in the first instance. Over time, the idea is that there would be travel from other zero-Covid countries. As to how this might be implemented, much work needs to be done to ensure that systems are put in place for people who will be arriving here on essential travel. Anecdotally, I understand that contact levels are pretty low but I do not think the appropriate structures or systems have been put in place yet. That would be a very important part of this approach.