Well being authorities say there’s a necessity for warning as a result of it’s now identified whether or not the vaccines will forestall transmission.
Australia might not totally reopen its worldwide borders this yr even when a lot of the inhabitants is vaccinated in opposition to coronavirus, the pinnacle of its well being division mentioned on Monday, because the nation recorded no new native circumstances of COVID-19.
Australia is taking a look at potential hostile results of the Pfizer vaccine after Norway reported a small variety of deaths in older individuals who obtained the shot, however is because of start its immunisation programme subsequent month.
“Even when we have now a whole lot of the inhabitants vaccinated, we don’t know whether or not that may forestall transmission of the virus,” Brendan Murphy instructed the general public broadcaster, ABC.
The nation has managed the coronavirus higher than many different nations by focused lockdowns and excessive charges of testing and phone tracing, and reported zero native COVID-19 circumstances on Monday.
Victoria, which is internet hosting the Australian Open, reported 4 optimistic circumstances in abroad travellers, all related to the tennis event, taking the whole to 9.
The occasion is being organised beneath strict coronavirus protocols with gamers, coaches and officers dropped at Australia on constitution flights and spending two weeks in quarantine earlier than the competitors will get beneath approach.
Because of the circumstances, folks on three of the constitution flights at the moment are in onerous quarantine, with greater than 70 gamers in isolation of their lodge rooms. Different gamers have been allowed out for coaching.
“I do know that there’s been a little bit of chatter from various gamers in regards to the guidelines. Effectively, the principles apply to them as they apply to everyone else,” Victorian state Premier Daniel Andrews mentioned, responding to participant complaints in regards to the strict quarantine.
Australia has reported greater than 22,000 native COVID-19 circumstances and 909 deaths because the pandemic started.
The primary COVID focus in Australia is presently in Sydney within the state of New South Wales (NSW), the place an outbreak within the metropolis’s west has prompted different states to impose journey restrictions on both all of NSW or folks from the suburbs affected by the outbreak.
NSW state Premier Gladys Berejiklian mentioned she would contemplate allowing venues to ban entry to individuals who haven’t been vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19.
“Already airways have indicated that for those who’re not vaccinated you’ll be able to’t journey abroad and I believe that’ll be [an] incentive to lots of people,” Berejiklian instructed 2GB Radio.
“We’ll additionally contemplate whether or not we enable venues … make up their very own guidelines if they’ve a enterprise or run a office about what they really feel is COVID secure.”