COVID-19: NSW cuts international arrivals by 50% from 1500 to 750 per week temporarily
Gladys Berejiklian, NSW Premier has cut the number of international arrivals in half due to the staff costs of thousands of police and health workers required to run the hotel quarantine program which only records a few COVID-19 positive cases.
Presumably, these resources can be better deployed on policing health restrictions and used at testing and vaccination centres.
The Premier also said the cut to international arrivals was only temporary, lasting for a month. She is prepared to look at home quarantine once the state reaches vaccination targets – now expected in mid-October.
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This is not good for international repatriations, or for airlines flying into Australia.
Interestingly this decision appears based on economics, not health advice.
It should be slashed even further to keep COVID out. Most of the people returning departed in the last 18 months. They decided to leave so they can stay out.
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Stephen172sp – all comments are moderated. I’m sorry I didn’t get to yours earlier. On the substantive matter of borders opening: I think there is substantial pressure coming from the Scovid government to open borders. I expect that they are betting that they will have a month or two between the peak of the NSW outbreak expected in mid-October, and when they and Qantas want to open international borders in the 3rd week of December