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Australian states further ease border curbs
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IANS | 23 Jan, 2021
Western Australia (WA) authorities on Saturday announced that the state
will reopen its border to New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland from
Monday as they have continued to record zero locally acquired Covid-19
cases.
Travellers from NSW and Queensland, two of Australia's
most populous states, could enter WA but still need to get into
self-quarantine for 14 days in a suitable premise and be prepared for
possible test at the airport clinic and during the quarantine, reports
Xinhua news agency.
NSW and Queensland were kept out of WA's border after concerning Covid situation recorded in the two states.
NSW
witnessed reappearance of locally acquired cases and small case
clusters shortly before Christmas last year while the mutant strain of
virus found in Britain was detected in a local case in Queensland
earlier this month.
"WA's careful and cautious approach has stood
us in good stead and our controlled border arrangements have kept us
safe allowing for swift action to stop the virus in its tracks," state
Premier Mark McGowan said.
At the same time, Australia's biggest
city of Sydney, also capital of NSW, was also reviewed as less risky by
the neighbouring states of Victoria and Australian Capital Territory,
which allowed travellers from Greater Sydney to enter from Friday
afternoon except the Cumberland local government area in west Sydney
where a local cluster originated.
Queensland and South Australia
still keep their borders closed to Greater Sydney while Queensland said
it will review the border rule on January 28.
All Australian states and territories on Saturday recorded zero locally acquired cases.
However,
as for the international border, Australia started applying stricter
rules from Friday which require international travellers to have a Covid
test negative results within 72 hours before boarding a flight and face
masks are mandatory on international flights and in airports.
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