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Australia's travel bubble with New Zealand will resume from today but only with certain states and territories. Residents from South Australia, ACT, Tasmania and Victoria will be allowed to travel to New Zealand provided they haven't visited a designated hotspot.

Lockdown restrictions in Brisbane and Moreton Bay were lifted on Saturday, 3 July 2021 at 6pm. Face mask wearing and gathering restrictions, including visitor restrictions for vulnerable person facilities (hospitals, aged care and disability centres), continue to apply across some local government areas.

Lockdown in the Greater Darwin Area and Alice Springs ends at 1pm Friday, 2 July 2021. From 1pm there will be no restrictions on the reasons to leave home if you live in Greater Darwin or Alice Springs. Some restrictions remain in place until 1pm on Friday, 9 July 2021.

Turkey recently deemed Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brazil, South Africa, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka high-risk, but allowed passengers from these to enter the country with a 72-hour PCR test and 14-day quarantine upon arrival. However, Turkey’s Interior Ministry issued a circular stating that the country had suspended direct flights from Bangladesh, Brazil, South Africa, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka as of July 1 and until further notice. Turkish authorities announced that the nation was suspending direct flights only from these six countries due to the spike of the new variants of the COVID-19 virus.

Lockdown restrictions for the City of Brisbane and Moreton Bay region LGAs have been extended until 6pm Saturday, 3 July 2021. Lockdown restrictions will end 6pm Friday, 2 July 2021 for the following LGAs: City of Gold Coast, City of Ipswich, Lockyer Valley Regional Council, Logan City, Noosa Shire Council, Redland City, Scenic Rim Regional Council, Somerset Regional Council, Sunshine Coast Regional Council, Townsville City Council and Palm Island Aboriginal Shire. Face mask wearing and gathering restrictions will continue to apply in these areas.

From 12.01 Wednesday, 30 June, those travelling to NSW who have been in the Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria or Western Australia in the previous 14 days, must complete a NSW entry declaration form.

Authorities are reimposing lockdown measures, including an 18:30-06:00 nightly curfew, across Zimbabwe through 13 July due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases. International air travel is ongoing. However, land borders are closed, except for cargo transport and other authorized persons. Travellers must present a negative COVID-19 test obtained within 48 hours of arrival. Authorities may deny entry to people without a test result or displaying COVID-19 symptoms. Travellers arriving from countries with Alpha and Delta COVID-19 variants must quarantine for 10 days and get tested on the first, third, fifth, and tenth days at their own expense. All other individuals arriving must quarantine for 10 days; however, officials will allow those who arrive with a negative COVID-19 test to self-isolate at their designated address.

Effective from 1:00pm on Wednesday, 30 June, Alice Springs will enter a full lockdown for 72 hours.

Authorities in Argentina have extended existing COVID-19 restrictions until 9 July and reduced international air arrivals from a cap of 2 000 people per day to 600 people per day. Social gatherings with more than 10 people are banned, tourist or school group trips are suspended, and people at higher risk of severe disease must not go to work. Other restrictions are in place in specific regions and provinces, depending on the local level of infection. All ports of entry remain closed to most non-resident foreign nationals until further notice. Only citizens, legal residents, and those foreign nationals who are authorised to travel for employment, commercial, diplomatic, sporting events, or essential family reasons are allowed entry. Travellers may transit through Argentinian airports, provided they remain within the facility and their onward flights depart within 24 hours.

Travellers who have visited Brazil, India, South Africa or Turkey within fourteen (14) days preceding travel to Nigeria shall be denied entry into Nigeria. This regulation does not apply to passengers who transited through these countries, citizens of Nigeria and resident permit holders.

To curb the spread of new variants of COVID-19, the Hong Kong government announced yesterday 28 June that all passenger flights from the UK would be banned from flying to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, starting Thursday 1 July. Hong Kong authorities classified the UK as “extremely high risk” because of the “recent rebound of the epidemic situation in the UK and the widespread Delta variant virus strain there”. Under the new classification, people who have stayed in the UK for more than two hours will be restricted from boarding passenger flights to Hong Kong.

New Zealand will resume quarantine-free travel with Victoria, Tasmania, ACT and SA from 11:59pm (NZT) on Sunday, July 4. Negative pre-departure tests will be required to enter New Zealand.

A 3-day lockdown has been introduced for parts of Queensland. From 6pm tonight till 6pm Friday, southeast Queensland, Townsville, Palm Island and Magnetic Island will go into lockdown.

Austria has lifted its travel restrictions and reopened its borders to US visitors. Since Thursday 24 June, American citizens and residents have been allowed to enter Austria without the need to quarantine, provided they meet the requirements of Austria’s COVID-19 travel protocols. Travellers must meet any of the following three criteria to enter Austria: Proof of vaccination (vaccination certificate), proof of recovery from COVID-19 (from a doctor or public authority in the past six months), and a negative COVID-19 test result (either a PCR or rapid antigen test taken no more than 48 hours before arrival).

The Tasmanian government has announced travellers from Perth and Peel areas will not be allowed to enter Tasmania unless they have an exemption from 10am AEST Tuesday 29 June.

The English government has published an update to its list of travel destinations under the traffic light system. The announcement came first from Northern Ireland and has been mirrored by England, Wales and Scotland. As widely expected, Malta has been added to the green list, with the Balearic Islands and the Caribbean nations of Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, and Grenada added to a green watchlist, meaning at any moment these may be moved to amber. In addition, the UK overseas territories of Anguilla and Montserrat, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Pitcairn, and Turks and Caicos Islands have also been added to the green watchlist.

The Netherlands has removed restrictions for travellers from various countries and eased regulations for several more. Travellers do not need to show a negative COVID-19 test, provided they come from a country where the risk of contracting COVID-19 is low. They are also not required to self-quarantine. Travel to The Netherlands from the following countries was previously highly regulated, but is now restriction-free: Albania, Belgium, All of Croatia, Estonia, All of France, All of Greece (except Athens), Hong Kong, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macau, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Taiwan and the United States

Western Australia has called a four-day lockdown of the Perth and Peel region, effective from midnight last night. Premier Mark McGowan said residents would only be allowed to leave the house for essential shopping, exercise in groups of less than 2, work & caregiving. Three positive cases confirmed as of last night - cases two and three are both linked back to case number one - Delta strain from the Sydney outbreak.

Ministers have mooted plans to allow quarantine-free travel to amber-list countries for people in England who have been fully vaccinated. The health secretary, Matt Hancock, confirmed earlier that ministers were considering how to scrap the requirement for people to isolate for ten-days on return from a country on the list.

In New South Wales, the Greater Sydney, Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong, and Shellharbour LGAs has entered a two-week lockdown from 2pm on Saturday 26 June. Northern Territory has implemented a 48-hour lockdown for Greater Darwin from 1pm on Sunday 27 June. South Australia has closed its borders to Queensland, Western Australia, the Northern Territory. The state already has restrictions on travel from New South Wales and some sites in Melbourne.