The incident happened shortly after jury selection for the hush-money trial was completed
Australia’s international borders are unlikely to open to travellers this year despite the rollout of coronavirus vaccines, a top health official said on Monday.
Health department secretary Brendan Murphy, a key adviser in Australia’s virus response, said free-flowing travel to and from the country was not expected to resume in 2021.
“I think that we’ll go most of this year with still substantial border restrictions,” he told public broadcaster ABC.
“Even if we have a lot of the population vaccinated, we don’t know whether that will prevent transmission of the virus.
“And it’s likely that quarantine will continue for some time.”
Australia’s border has been largely closed to overseas visitors since March 2020 to stem the spread of Covid-19, with a limited number of citizens and their families allowed to return each week.
Tens of thousands of Australians remain stranded overseas as a result, while returning travellers must pay about Aus$3,000 ($2,300) to quarantine inside a hotel room for 14 days.
The country has secured access to both the Pfizer and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines, with the rollout scheduled to begin in late February but still awaiting approval from medical regulators.
The incident happened shortly after jury selection for the hush-money trial was completed
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