호주 국경 오픈
코로나 팬데믹으로 2년간 닫혀있던 국경을 호주는 다음달 1일부터 다시 열게 되었네요.
백신을 접종한 호주 비자 소지자로써 유학생, 워크비자 홀더들이 대상인데..모리슨스캇 총리가 일본과 한국 들을 언급했네요.
원래 뉴질랜드는 호주 정책을 따라서 같이 움직인 경우가 많았었는데 이번에는 어떻게 반응을 할지 궁금해 지네요.
뉴질랜드는 오늘자 기준으로 전체인구중 70%가 2차 접종을 마친 상태이고..
접종대상 인구로는 83%가 2차 접종을 마친 상태 입니다.
접종율 90% 시기부터 코로나 교통신호 3단계로 관리 하겟다고 했고 이시점을 12월 초로 예상을 하고 있는 상태입니다.
뉴질랜드 국경을 언제부터 다시 열지는 장담할수 없지만 시기가 약간 미루어 지더라도 호주를 따라가는건 맞겠죠.
암튼. 뉴질랜드 정부는 국경개방에 대해서는 아주아주 신중한 상태인듯 보이네요.
Australia to relax border restrictions next month
Australian visa holders, international students and skilled workers will be able to travel into the country from next month, almost two years after borders closed due to the pandemic.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said fully vaccinated visa holders would be eligible to enter Australia from December 1 without needing to apply for a travel exemption.
All citizens from Japan and South Korea will also be allowed to travel to Australia from that date, following similar travel arrangements with Singapore that started in November.
Morrison said the move was another important step forward in the national plan following Covid-19 lockdowns.
"The return of skilled workers and students to Australia is a major milestone in our pathway back, it's a major milestone about what Australians have been able to achieve and enable us to do," he said.
"It'll mean a lot for the economies of our country who need those workers and want to see those students return."
It's estimated more than 233,000 visa holders would be allowed to come to Australia under the scheme.
Visa types will include humanitarian, student, economic and temporary and provisional family visas.
More than one million tourist visas will be allowed to enter the country at a later date not yet specified.
Since international travel resumed from Australia on November 1, only citizens, permanent residents and their families have been able to travel without quarantine.
Morrison said one of the reasons the decision was made to expand international travel was due to Australia's high vaccination rate.
More than 85 per cent of the eligible population over 16 are fully vaccinated while 91.5 per cent have had one dose.
"These are extraordinary achievements by Australians," he said.
"Australians can look forward to the Christmas and holiday season in a way that few around the world can."
Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews said Australia was reopening to the world.
Meanwhile, the Northern Territory's outbreak is expected to grow beyond currently locked-down areas following nine new cases detected at remote Binjari, about 320km south of Darwin over the weekend.
Victoria reported 1029 new cases on Monday and a further three deaths. In NSW there were 180 infections and one death reported on Monday.
In the ACT there were 11 cases registered in the past reporting period.