### [2021-08-17](/feed/2021/08/17/index.md)

##### COVID-19 pandemic
# Cook Islands suspends its travel bubble with New Zealand and moves to Alert Level 2 following the discovery of the first community case of COVID-19 in six months in the later country. [https:--www.newshub.co.nz-home-travel-2021-08-cook-islands-closes-travel-bubble-with-new-zealand-after-covid-19-community-case-in-auckland.html (Newshub)!]




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