new delhi new zealand prime minister jacinda ardern on thursday announced a temporary ban on travellers from india starting april 11 due to the massive increase in covid19 cases news agency reuters reportedthe suspension of entry for all travellers including new zealands own citizens begins from 4pm local time on april 11 and will be in place until april 28 the new zealand pm was quoted as saying by the agencywe are temporarily suspending entry into new zealand for travellers from india prime minister jacinda ardern said in a news conference in aucklandthe move comes after new zealand recorded 23 new positive coronavirus cases at its border on thursday of which 17 were from india during this time the government will look at risk management measures to resume travel she addedi want to emphasize that while arrivals of covid from india has prompted this measure we are looking at how we manage high risk points of departure generally this is not a country specific risk assessment ardern saidthe country has virtually eliminated the virus transmission within its border areas as the country has not reported any community transmission locally for about 40 dayscoronavirus live updateshowever the countrys covid tally touched 7 on wednesday the highest since last october the rise in rolling average of positive cases has made the country review its border settingsnew zealand on thursday also reported one new locally infected case in a worker who was employed at a coronavirus managed isolation facility the 24yearold was yet to be vaccinatedthe temporary ban comes at a time when india has been reporting over 10000 covid cases for the past three days indias overall caseload stands at 129 million makes it the third most affected globally behind the united states and brazilsingleday rise of more than 126 lakh new cases pushed indias infection tally to 12928574 cases on thursday registering a steady increase for the 29th day in row the count of active cases has gone up to 910319 ministry datafollowing the massive surge in cases in india several states have imposed restrictions on travelling and have made it compulsory for passengers to carry a negative covid19 report while crossing bordersthe government has speeded up the process of vaccination across the country to immunise more and more people against the virus at present everyone aged 45 years or above is eligible to get the covid19 vaccinemeanwhile prime minister modi received his second dose of the covid19 vaccine at the all india institutes of medical sciences aiims new delhiwith inputs from reuters