Travellers entering Australia from areas with high levels of Covid-19 such as the UK may have to quarantine until the middle of 2022, a leading disease expert has predicted.
Professor Peter Collignon of the Australian National University said some form of quarantine could be required even after Australia s population has been vaccinated.
This is because the vaccines are 70 to 90 per cent effective, meaning millions of Aussies will still be at risk of catching the deadly disease.
A family arrives at the domestic terminal in Brisbane airport on 20 December
Prime Minster Scott Morrison has said he wants to open Australia to green-lane countries where virus levels are low - but so far only New Zealand has qualified.
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Millions have been left separated from loved ones over Christmas after states slammed their borders shut
Shut downs were imposed on Sunday after NSW reported just 30 new covid cases with all of them linked
New South Wales did not decide to close its border to Victoria until the state recorded 127 new local cases
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said leaders have lost their nerve and clearly do not trust their tracing systems
Ms Berejiklian will hold a crisis cabinet meeting on Wednesday to decide on Christmas Day restrictions
The premier said the government will take a cautious but balanced approach when deciding new measures