Foreign travellers arriving in Australia will no longer need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 from Wednesday morning, with Health Minister Mark Butler saying the decision was made on medical advice.
Foreign travellers arriving in Australia will no longer need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 from Wednesday morning.In May, just over 1,000 applications from unvaccinated travellers were received, with 158 approved
Incoming arrivals will still need to comply with other restrictions, including wearing masks on flights It marks the end of significant COVID-based restrictions on travel into Australia, more than two years after the pandemic began.While Australian citizens can arrive unvaccinated, most foreign travellers need to seek an exemption on limited grounds.
From 12:01am on Wednesday morning, those requirements will be scrapped altogether — opening the international border in full to unvaccinated travellers. Health Minister Mark Butler said checking the vaccination status of international arrivals was "no longer necessary".