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Menu   Coronavirus: Australia and New Zealand are on the 'green list' - but their borders could be closed for years SPECIAL REPORT Life has carried on almost normally inside Australia (pictured: sunbathers at Bondi Beach), but travel in and out of the country has been severely curbed even for citizens and permanent residents SINCE the beginning of the pandemic, Australia and New Zealand have been hailed among the few countries to have kept Covid out and life largely normal. Strict border controls, 14-day quarantine for all arrivals, and snap local lockdowns as soon as a singl...

news The 'cracks' in Australia's hotel quarantine system © EPA Australia's only recent Covid scares have begun with leaks from hotel quarantine Australia's hotel quarantine system has been an extremely effective first line of defence against Covid-19. The country has largely eliminated the virus, often going weeks without a locally acquired infection. Hotel quarantine is credited a huge part of that success. But a series of isolated local cases in recent months - all from hotel quarantine leaks - have caused alarm. Since November, three cities have entered snap lockdowns on the back of suc...