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Coronavirus: Australia plans Christmas border reopening; Philippines’ Duterte slams ‘selfish’ rich nations at UN for hoarding vaccines

Published Sep 22 2021 at 6:02 AM GMT
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  • Australia plans to open its international border by Christmas at the latest, unwinding one of the world’s strictest controls on overseas travel since the pandemic began.
  • Australians will be able to travel abroad, with no restrictions on the destination, once the vaccination rate in their respective home state hits 80 per cent, Tourism Minister Dan Tehan said at a National Press Club of Australia event on Wednesday.
  • Australia’s borders have been mostly shut to non-citizens and non-residents since….




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  • Published Sep 22, 2021 6:02 AM GMT