Australia to lift 18-month Covid-19 travel ban for its citizens next month

Australia to lift 18-month Covid-19 travel ban for its citizens next month
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that vaccinated citizens can start travelling (AP)

Australia has outlined plans to lift a pandemic ban on its vaccinated citizens travelling overseas from November. But no date has yet been set for welcoming international tourists back.

Travel restrictions that have trapped most Australians and permanent residents at home over the past 18 months would be removed when 80% of the population aged 16 and older were fully vaccinated, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday.

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