Coronavirus: Australia to start quarantine-free travel bubble with Singapore soon, Scott Morrison says
- The Australian PM said the arrangement could be rolled out ‘within the next week’
- It will first be focused on allowing vaccinated students and business visitors to travel freely between the two countries
The arrangement will first be focused on allowing vaccinated students and business travellers to travel freely between the two countries, before opening up to tourists, reported The Sydney Morning Herald.
Two Australian states, New South Wales and Victoria, have already scrapped their mandatory hotel quarantine from November 1, after meeting vaccination targets. New South Wales had last week stated that international travel would resume from November 1 for fully vaccinated travellers, although this would first only apply to Australian citizens and permanent residents.
“We anticipate that being able to be achieved within the next week or so, as we would open up to more visa class holders coming out of Singapore, we will see that occur,” Morrison reportedly said.
Morrison added that the travel bubble would be open to states and territories that were open “in the same way as they are here in Sydney” and that it aligned with the timetable Australian carrier Qantas has announced for its flights to and from Singapore.
