Just as an adjunct to this, it appears the Australians are also not yet persuaded that the vaccine prevents transmission, and so having had the vaccine won’t necessarily exempt returning citizens from having to quarantine in state facilities. Not helped of course that, at the moment, those that are being vaccinated aren’t being routinely issued with any record of the vaccination.
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“Prof Kelly said Aussies in the US or UK that manage to get vaccinated against coronavirus may still have to quarantine when they come home. This is because clinical trials are yet to provide any evidence the vaccination stops transmission of coronavirus. "At the moment, unfortunately, the vaccines that we know most about don't appear to demonstrate any protection from transmission of the virus," he said. "They are very effective at stopping disease from the virus in an individual person, but it may well be that that transmission might continue. "So we need to really think that through very carefully. But certainly, it will have some protection and we will look at that amongst many other things over the coming month or so. And give strong and clear advice"
Worth noting also that BA have now cancelled the BA15/16 to Sydney until November 2021, and I wouldn’t be surprised, given the yields on that ultra long route, if it doesn’t come back for a very long time. So my bargain (£750 and 143k avios) flight in F to Australia that I picked up in the BA sale earlier in the year looks like being cancelled soon!
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