After the low drop in instances of a novel Coronavirus, Sydney will lift its quarantine for properly vaccinated international visitors from 1 November, New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrot announced on Friday, anticipating a complete resumption of foreign travel after more than 19 months.
Australia closed its international borders in March 2020 in reaction to the epidemic, allowing entrance only to citizens and permanent residents, who are forced to undertake mandatory two-week hotel quarantine at their own cost.
Perrottet told reporters, “We want people back, we are bringing the country out of the epidemic … we are opening Sydney and New South Wales to the globe,”
The federal government’s reopening plan announced in July envisions a progressive reopening of foreign travel with safe nations to return vaccinated Australians when the absolute vaccination rate reaches 80 percent. Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s office was not immediately ready to comment on the New South Wales proposal.
New South Wales is anticipated to achieve the full vaccination level of 80 percent in the adult population by the end of this week, but the rest of the country will take at least a few weeks to reach that level.
