New Caledonia says New Zealand and Australia have expressed interest in setting up a travel bubble with New Caledonia.
Its government spokesperson Christopher Gyges said that considering the Covid-19 regimes of New Zealand and Australia, it will take at least six months to set up abubble.
New Caledonia closed its borders last year and instituted a mandatory, government-run quarantine system for the returning residents.
International flights won't be admitted in the French territory until at least October.
Lecornu deplores slow vaccination in French overseas territories
The French overseas minister Sebastien Lecornu has the slow Covid-19 vaccine uptake in overseas territories has no link to France's vaccine supply, which has been plentiful.
In France, more than half the adult population has been inoculated while in some territories only about 10 percent has had a vaccination.
Vaccine roll out has been slow in French overseas territories: New Caledonian passengers are repatriated through Auckland International Airport last year. Photo / File
He says some people maintain a climate of mistrust beyond any scientific logic, with fear spreading on social media based on untruthful arguments.
In French Polynesia, about a third of the population has been vaccinated.
In Wallis and Futuna, the vaccine uptake has slowed to the point that vaccine stocks are to be returned in order to prevent them from expiring.
