We want Australia to show to the world that we’re open, we’re getting on with it.” “We’re going to have one of the highest vaccination rates in the world … one of the lowest fatality rates from COVID in the world and the strongest economy coming through COVID in the world,” he said. The prime minister said there needed to be some flexibility in order for major events to go ahead in Australia. Under Morrison’s stance, unvaccinated players would face similar restrictions to those in place for the 2021 Australian Open, which included a 14-day hotel quarantine for all players, coaches and officials who arrived from overseas. 1 and, after testing negative to the coronavirus, will not have to quarantine. Tennis stars who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 are set to be allowed to travel to Australia from Dec.
Fully vaccinated people will have fewer restrictions across the country than those who are not. “I am not going to ask and require people sitting in the grandstand, people working at the event to be vaccinated while players aren’t,” he said.Īustralia is preparing to re-open its international borders next month for the first time since early 2020, but it’ll be a gradual, state-by-state process and will depend on vaccination rates across the country. “What I want to make very clear is that the state of Victoria will not be applying for any exemptions for unvaccinated players,” Andrews said, according to the Australian Associated Press. Morrison said the ultimate decision on the Australian Open regulations was for the state of Victoria, which has a cap on unvaccinated people arriving. “But you’ve got to follow the health rules in that state - and two weeks’ quarantine for unvaccinated people, well, that’s sensible,” Morrison told Australia’s Nine network. “If there is a special exemption that is warranted for an economic reason, well, that can happen,” he said. Morrison told Australian television networks there are exemptions to the long-term COVID-19 pandemic international border protection rules for those who qualify under skilled worker or economic benefit criteria.
Morrison’s move Wednesday to clarify his federal government’s stance on the international border came a week after his immigration minister suggested there’d be a no-jab, no-visa policy for players at the Jan. The Andrews government has imposed months of lockdowns on the people of Victoria and is only starting to re-open after the public reached high targets for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Victoria hosts the Australian Open at Melbourne Park and has a mandatory vaccination policy for athletes competing in domestic leagues.
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