Western Australia will be the only jurisdiction to not accept all fully vaccinated interstate travellers over the Christmas period after the Northern Territory set out its plans for a December 20 opening.
Chief Minister Michael Gunner announced on Thursday red and green zones will be abolished along with home quarantine on December 20, allowing all travellers who are fully vaccinated to enter the Territory."From the 20th December we will stop making a distinction between red zones and green zones, every part of Australia will be treated the same," Mr Gunner said.
"There will be no home quarantine requirement for any fully vaccinated arrival to the Territory but arrivals will need to stay in a high vaccination zone for 14 days following their arrival," Mr Gunner said. "You can go between these areas but not outside these areas for the first 14 days. We hope that we can reduce this down from 14 days in the new year but that's what we are starting with.""The rules for unvaccinated travellers stay the same.
Northern Territory's announcement means Western Australia will be the only jurisdiction in the nation to not accept all fully vaccinated travellers from interstate over the Christmas period.
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