In case it hasn’t been posted already (or elsewhere), the ABC reporting of progress and projections is pretty user friendly:
www.abc.net.au
As supply improves and eventually exceeds demand one would expect that the gap between Pfizer shots will be brought back down again. Having a second AZ much sooner than the 12 weeks makes a lot of sense in Sydney.
Guardian's graphic is also easyIn case it hasn’t been posted already (or elsewhere), the ABC reporting of progress and projections is pretty user friendly:
Tracking the vaccine: Half of Australians boosted with three doses
With children aged 5-11 joining the rollout on January 10, just over 94 per cent of the total population are now eligible for vaccination against COVID-19.
From my understanding, generally NSW second shots for Pfizer are booked at the same time as first shots or soon after, and I've seen an instance where they didn't have a second shot and it had to be procured elsewhere. Its difficult to change a second shot booking for Pfizer - use it or lose it........
I'm questioning how many are genuinely stuck now. Many places such as US and EU are living much more freely than we are here and I would think that moving from a country with endemic covid and no lockdown to one with endemic covid and the future prospect of lockdowns (as per Doherty) might not seem too attractive any more.
For the first person?
Visiting family in the UK I'm happy to stick to green countries to get there.
Hopefully vaccination programs in Australia are recognised in the UK by the time we reach the 80% target.
Well if kids haven't got vaccinated, a harsh reality is that perhaps families shouldn't be travelling, just adults at the end of this year and as kids get vaccinated into next year, then have travel open up for them in time for the Easter or Winter school holidays.
Queensland problems are for Queenslanders.
It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. Without scale it won’t work.
Have a read about "The Border 5" and the "Five Nations Passport Group" which is an interoperability group between UK/US/CA/AU/NZ. They'll get it sorted as border controls and quarantine are interconnected.
For so many of us, cost is not the issue, its separation from family. I know that if I can get a direct flight to LHR via DRW or even PER, then I can go straight to my daughter's house without quarantine. That is my plan.Hmmm... seems like there's more to work out before international travel can begin. As it currently stands a two-three week trip to UK/Europe and/or the USA and/or a stopover or transit en route is going to require at least 2-3 PCR tests. More if you want to visit more than one country. All at significant cost. Arriving into the UK from a green list country doesn't require full vaccination, but coming from amber countries those who are fully vaccinated have reduced quarantine requirements. The problem is that the UK gov website only recognises vaccination programs of the UK, EU (and select other European countries) and USA. No others.
For a family trip the costs are going to mount up pretty quickly
Totally agree - our family's plan is that I go visit the USA to see my parents and sister as soon as I can do so without home quarantine requirement/3 month leave requirement. Husband & children will not travel with me. Happy to take whatever tests are required. The challenge for me will be if the USA covid situation gets to be such that Aus gives it a status that jeopardizes my ability to return home without home quarantine.
and honestly, as things stand now, there is totally no reason to have caps or hotel quarantine at all. People coming back to Australia will not materially add to the COVID count currently experienced here. To be sure of that, then make the arrivals be double-vaxxed and test negative before coming here.
My mind was running along a similar track over the weekend @JB expat and I posted some thoughts about employers and their WHS obligations in post #5678 in this thread:
www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au
