New South Wales and its capital Sydney are preparing for a full-fledged reopening as the state’s full vaccination rate is set to hit 80%.
The Australian state of New South Wales and its capital Sydney will allow fully vaccinated international travelers to enter without needing to quarantine from November 1, state authorities announced on Friday as NSW nears its reopening full vaccination target of 80%.Key Facts
While announcing the move, New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet said that his state needed to rejoin the world and open up adding “we can't live here in hermit kingdom.”earlier this month which would allow vaccinated Australian residents and citizens to travel back into the country after which they have to undergo home quarantine.
Perrottet, however, noted that the hotel and home quarantines were a “thing of the past” as fully opening up will help restore economic growth in the state which has been hit hard by a nearly four-month-long Covid-19 lockdown. Travelers entering Sydney will first have to show proof of vaccination and a negative Covid-19 test before boarding a plane to Australia, Perrottet added.
The number of unvaccinated travelers allowed into the state will still be capped at 210 per week and those people will be required to undergo a 14-day hotel quarantine.over the next 48 hours, 6,000 seats will be made available per week across all airlines flying into Sydney.Even as New South Wales prepares to allow vaccinated international travelers, its own residents are still barred from regional or interstate travel as vaccination rates in other states remain lower.78.81%.