Australia to lift Covid-19 travel curbs for residents from November, PM says

SYDNEY

: Fully vaccinated Australians can enter and leave the country freely from November onwards though some states will have their own timetable, Prime Minister

Scott Morrison

said on Friday.

"In line with the national plan, our government is balancing the need to minimise the risk that the spread of Covid-19 presents, with the need to live with the virus,"

Morrison

said in a statement.

Australia

closed its international border in March 2020 in response to the pandemic, allowing entry almost exclusively to citizens and permanent residents who are required to undergo a mandatory two-week hotel quarantine at their own expense.