Quarantine Free Travel Health Operations Framework Version 1.0 – Current As at 21 April 2021 Note: This Document Is Updated Regularly
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Quarantine Free Travel 1 Document management and control Revision History Version Date Section/Appendix Summary of changes Comments/review process to date Background and review Revisions by MoH process to date Authors COVID-19 Border Operations COVID-19 Border Testing Taskforce 2 Groups who have contributed to development and review Auckland DHB Canterbury DHB Health Legal Public Health Document approval Deputy Chief Executive, COVID-19 Health Sue Gordon System Response Signature Date 3 Table of Contents Quarantine Free Travel ......................................................................................................................... 1 Health Operations Framework ............................................................................................................. 1 Note: This document is updated regularly. Printed copies may be out of date. .............................................. 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 5 Purpose ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Glossary ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Setting up an airport for quarantine-free travel .......................................................................... 7 Departure from overseas .............................................................................................................. 9 Information given at booking ....................................................................................................... 9 Travel declaration – Nau Mai Ra ................................................................................................ 9 Validation of travel declaration pre-departure ........................................................................... 11 Passenger health declaration on check in ................................................................................ 11 In the air ........................................................................................................................................ 14 Passenger announcements ...................................................................................................... 14 Management of ill travellers ...................................................................................................... 14 Arrival in New Zealand ................................................................................................................ 16 Face covers ................................................................................ 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Arrival declarations ................................................................................................................... 17 Random temperature checking ................................................................................................. 17 Secondary health assessment .................................................................................................. 18 Onward referrals ....................................................................................................................... 19 COVID-19 App .......................................................................................................................... 21 Presentation of foreigners with suspected COVID-19 within New Zealand .............................. 21 On departure from New Zealand ................................................................................................ 23 Information given at booking ..................................................................................................... 23 Managing departing passengers who are unwell or present with COVID-19 symptoms .......... 23 Record keeping and Reporting .................................................................................................. 24 Aggregate data ......................................................................................................................... 24 Interim reporting ........................................................................................................................ 24 Testing and vaccination of QFT border workers ...................................................................... 26 Response framework .................................................................................................................. 27 Incident Management Team ..................................................................................................... 28 Decision making ....................................................................................................................... 29 Information sharing ................................................................................................................... 29 Air Border Order – operational guidance .............................................................................. 30 Annex 1: Information to be provided by airlines at Booking – Quarantine-free travel to New Zealand ......... 31 Annex 2: Text of In-flight Announcement (as at March 2021) ....................................................................... 33 Annex 3: Information to be provided by Airlines at Booking – New Zealand to [QFT country] ...................... 34 4 Introduction Purpose This document is written primarily for District Health Boards (DHBs) and Public Health Units (PHUs) to consolidate information about the requirements to operate under Quarantine-Free Travel arrangements. A considerable amount of information has already been provided to your sectors, and this document aims to bring it together in a way that makes it easy to find and understand. As such, there may be links to publicly available information, a consolidation of information you have already received, and new information. This is a living document with updates and changes to be made and released as required. Glossary Airside Any part of the airport that is inaccessible to the general public but that is accessible to international arriving or international transiting passengers (for example, a civil aviation security area or a Customs-controlled area) ALO Airline Liaison Officer – an Immigration officer deployed to an overseas airport to provide advice to airline staff and conduct spot checks of passengers Arrival card New Zealand Passenger Arrival Card BAU Business as usual COVID-19 Infection caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus DHB District Health Board Face covering Any type of covering that covers the face and mouth of the wearer (e.g., mask, scarf or a bandana). Green flight/zone Flight, or zone at an airport, that is utilised for the purpose of facilitating traveller movement and not subject to the requirements of Managed Isolation and Quarantine Health staff A person who supports quarantine free travel in a clinical capacity, including staff from DHBs HPO Health Protection Officer IMT Incident Management Team IPC Infection prevention and control Managed Isolation A low-risk facility that hosts returnees that are (generally) Facility asymptomatic and not COVID-19 positive or close contacts of a confirmed or probable case of COVID-19 Managed Isolation A general term encompassing managed isolation facilities (MIFs) and Quarantine and quarantine facilities (QFs) Facility (MIQF) Medical mask A surgical or procedure mask that is flat or pleated and is affixed to the head with straps that go around the ears or head or both. Its performance characteristics are tested according to a set of 5 standardized test methods (ASTM F2100, EN 14683, or equivalent) that aim to balance high filtration, adequate breathability and optionally, fluid penetration resistance MoH Ministry of Health MOoH Medical Officer of Health NBS National Border Solution NITC National Investigation and Tracing Centre at MoH PHU Public Health Unit PIM Public Information Management Quarantine Facility A higher-risk facility that hosts returnees that are confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19, or are a close contact of a confirmed or probable case of COVID-19. Red flight/zone Flight, or zone at an airport, that is utilised for the purpose of facilitating traveller movement subject to the requirements of Managed Isolation and Quarantine 6 Setting up an airport for quarantine-free travel Only designated airlines and airports can participate in quarantine-free travel to New Zealand. The Minister for COVID-19 Response is responsible for designating airlines and airports, on advice from the Director-General of Health. To become designated, airport companies are required to implement a COVID- Safe plan detailing how green and red travellers will be physically separated. They will manage green or both green and red travellers. Airports that will receive both green and red flights will be required to create green and red zones to provide physical separation of the traveller pathway through the airport, from disembarkation all the way to the exit, and from check-in to boarding. Airports’ plans for separating green and red passengers must account for the separation requirements of arriving, departing and (where applicable) transiting passengers, and the zones must be able to operate concurrently. An airport choosing to only accept green flights will be unable to accept domestic red flights (i.e., those carrying new arrivals from their