Ali Coulton 02 Jul 2021
International arrival caps are to be slashed in half in an effort to contain the spread of the highly infectious Delta strain of COVID-19, according to Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
The weekly intake figure of inbound arrivals will temporarily go from 6,370 to 3,185 in the coming weeks as part of a new four-phase ‘pathway out of COVID-19’.
Morrison announced the new plan after emerging from a National Cabinet meeting this morning, and said the government would also hold a trial to introduce shorter quarantine periods that can be done from home for returned travellers who have been vaccinated, and hinted that vaccinated Aussies may soon have eased travel restrictions.
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Major players in Australia’s finance and resource sector will be permitted to vaccinate staff against COVID-19, according to the new rollout tsar.
Lieutenant-General John Frewen told The Age that private enterprise has expressed a strong desire to vaccinate workers to expedite the rollout.
Mining executives say they are prepared to secure their own vaccine stocks, above and beyond those obtained by the Commonwealth.
Major private enterprises including banks and mining operators will eventually be permitted to vaccinate their workers against COVID-19, under an extension to the national immunisation scheme flagged by Australia’s new rollout tsar.
Speaking to The Age, Lieutenant-General John Frewen, who was appointed by Prime Minister Scott Morrison to oversee the logistics of Australia’s vaccine rollout, said vaccinations will be made available outside of general practices, hospitals, aged and disability care environments, and Commonwealth-run respiratory wards.