Not yet safe for quarantine-free travel to Australia: Prime Minister Scott Morrison Wednesday, May 19, 2021 IWK Bureau
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday reiterated that it is not yet safe to allow quarantine-free travel to the country, amid increasing pressure to re-open the borders earlier than the mid-2022 date currently planned for. I m not going to take risks with Australians lives, Xinhua news agency quoted Morrison as saying to reporters here.
On Monday, Jayne Hrdlicka, the Chief Executive of Virgin Australia Airlines, said at a business event that the borders should be considered to be re-opened when the most vulnerable people are vaccinated against Covid-19.
Not yet safe for quarantine-free travel to Aus: PM
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Canberra, May 18 : Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday reiterated that it is not yet safe to allow quarantine-free travel to the country, amid increasing pressure to re-open the borders earlier than the mid-2022 date currently planned for. I m not going to take risks with Australians lives, Xinhua news agency quoted Morrison as saying to reporters here.
On Monday, Jayne Hrdlicka, the Chief Executive of Virgin Australia Airlines, said at a business event that the borders should be considered to be re-opened when the most vulnerable people are vaccinated against Covid-19.
But in an interview for the new book
Red Zone: China’s Challenge and Australia’s Future, written by this correspondent, Morrison said the two countries were still dealing with each other. “The relationship still exists, look at trade alone – there have never been bigger volumes. That’s a bit of a proof point. When all’s said and done, there’s still great value in the relationship,” he said. Asked whether Beijing’s economic coercion resembled the traditional Chinese lion dance, more dance than bite, the Prime Minister replied: “I don’t think that’s an unfair analysis. [But] it’s harder to make [that claim] now than a couple of years ago.”
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said it was still not safe to allow residents, even those fully vaccinated against COVID-19, to travel overseas, as industries hit hard by the pandemic press for a faster reopening of international borders.
“I understand that everyone is keen to get back to a time that we once knew,” Morrison told reporters on Tuesday “But the reality is we are living this year in a pandemic that is worse than last year.”
Morrison said any plans to relax border rules for vaccinated travellers could be implemented “only when it is safe to do so”.
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