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Canberra, Oct 1 Australia's international border will reopen in November after being closed for 18 months amid the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Friday.According to Morrison, international travel to and from Australia will resume as states and territories approach 80 perc ent of the adult population fully vaccinated against Covid-19, reports Xinhua news agency.Under the reopening plan, fully vaccinated Australian citizens and permanent residents will be able to quarantine at home for seven days on arrival in the country rather than for 14 days at hotels.It is reliant on states and territories reaching the 80 percent vaccination milestone for their over-16s and agreeing to implement home quarantine, trials of which are currently underway in South Australia (SA) and New South Wales (NSW)."It's time to give Austral their lives back," Morrison told reporters."We must work together to ensure that Austral can reclaim the lives that they once had in this country."The changes mean that fully vaccinated Austral will be able to freely leave and enter the country for the first time since March 2020.It marks an end to international arrival caps that have left tens of thousands of Austral stranded overseas unable to secure flights home.The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has advised that China's Sinovac and India's Covishield will be considered "recognised vaccines", paving the way for the return of international students to the country.Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Janssen vaccines have previously been approved by the TGA.Morrison said the federal government would provide support to states that follow SA and NSW in implementing home quarantine."To maximise the number of Austral who can return, our government is also offering facilitated flights into any state or territory that agrees to commence seven day home quarantine trials for returning Austral," he said.In a media release on Friday, Australian Airports Association (AAA) Chief Executive James Goodwin said airports would be ready to welcome back increasing numbers of Austral from overseas when quarantine arrangements begin to ease and passenger caps are lifted from November."This is just the first step to reopen Australia with work needed now on the next phase of the framework where we can welcome back international tourists and other important cohorts such as business people, students and skilled workers," he said.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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