Quarantine-free travel to the Cook Islands will stay despite New Zealand's Omicron outbreak.
Cook Islands' Cabinet said in a just released statement that it was briefed about two recently arrived tourists, one of whom had been notified by the NZ Ministry of Health that they had visited a Covid-19 location of interest.
"The couple tested negative on Saturday and are quarantined with Day 5 and Day 9 tests to follow. Only when they have tested negative for both remaining tests will they no longer be quarantined."
The Cook Islands' Cabinet have introduced a range of new safety measures to come into force from Wednesday.
They include: