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• 1. Travel Advisories
  • Preventing Travel to Infected Areas
  • Managing Those Already in Infected Areas
  • Those Recently Returned from Infected Areas
• 2. Travel Advice

1. Travel Advisories

1. New Zealand travel advisories are communicated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade [link to MFAT website]
2. Travel advisories should be communicated to staff early to avoid the potential for travellers to be stranded overseas if flights etc are cancelled to minimise risk of spread

Preventing Travel to Infected Areas

1. NZ Travel Agent will be notified by the CEO or delegate that all bookings to that location are to be blocked
2. NZ Travel Agent should be contacted to determine who may be already booked and due to travel to infected areas and immediate telephone contact made with travellers to advise that travel will be cancelled
3. The persons responsible for this will be the PA to the CEO, and the HR General Manager, under the direction of the CEO
4. Back up information on impending travellers can be obtained from NZ Travel Agent

Managing Those Already in Infected Areas

1. NZ Travel Agent will be contacted (as above) to determine who is currently in infected areas
2. Advice regarding infection control precautions and potential for travel home will be provided to those business travellers already in infected areas
3. Back up lists of current travellers can be obtained from NZ Travel Agent
4. Advice to expatriates will also be given, and will include input from the Business Manager for expatriates. Expatriates may be advised not to travel back to New Zealand so as to minimise the risk of infection

Those Recently Returned from Infected Areas

1. NZ Travel Agent will be contacted (as above) for lists of those recently returned from infected areas
2. Advice will be sent by the CMA regarding the need to be vigilant regarding self-checking for symptoms and to seek medical advice by phone immediately if symptoms occur. The traveller should report their travel history to the treating doctor or nurse

2. Travel Advice

1. The CMA will be responsible for the health content of travel advice
2. Health content of Travel Advice will be taken from advice from MoH[link to MoH website] and MFAT[link to MFAT website]