Australia is now fully open

Western Australia, which covers one third of the nation’s land area, closed its borders to most international and interstate travellers in 2020 to slow the spread of Covid-19

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With the lifting of restrictions by Western Australia yesterday, Australia is now fully open for travellers. Western Australia, which covers one third of the nation’s land area, closed its borders to most international and interstate travellers in 2020 to slow the spread of Covid-19.

Western Australia lifted restrictions four months after Sydney began its staged reopening of quarantine-free travel and more than a week after all vaccinated tourists became eligible for visas. The first day (Thursday) saw 22 domestic flights and five international flights arriving at Perth.

Western Australia had stopped the local spread of Coronavirus throughout the pandemic by contract tracing and isolating carriers until the highly contagious Omicron variant arrived this year. The state has been reporting more than 1,000 new infections every day

“Australia is now finally back together,” Qantas Airways Chief Executive Alan Joyce said. “This day has been a long time coming.”

Western Australia had stopped the local spread of Coronavirus throughout the pandemic by contract tracing and isolating carriers until the highly contagious Omicron variant arrived this year. The state has been reporting more than 1,000 new infections every day.

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