Bloomberg reporting about Australia and in my view many other countries to follow:Australia will keep its international borders closed for at least three to four months to protect itself from the coronavirus pandemic that continues to deepen in other parts of the world.
Border restrictions would likely be the final measure lifted and would stay in place even if other rules were eased according to Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported Thursday. Murphy told a government inquiry focusing on the Australian virus response the measures still had scope for exceptional circumstances.
”The international situation at the moment is such that any relaxation of border measures would be very risky,” Murphy said.
We had a family trip through HKG to SYD in August, so disappointing but the right decision.
Anybody else holding out hope for that summer holiday should maybe dampen those hopes.