Australia staying closed until mid 2022

[GeorgesGal]

7 hours ago, scottsla said:

Australian here. There are actually two factors as to why we are so far behind on vaccination. The government did preorder huge amounts of Vaccine, unfortunately the 2 horses it backed in this were the Australian developed one which failed mid last year and of course AZ which due to blood clots is now only for those over 50 and even then people have an irrational fear of it.  Pfizer and Moderna had to be ordered back in march april to try and salvage this but of course we are now somewhat down the queue in receiving it so it isn't expected we will have any decent levels of vaccination till the end of the year.

 

Mid next year I think is a worse case scenario at this point for borders opening up, they are currently looking at early next year assuming vaccinations are high enough, but without vaccinations it just isn't happening as our economy is mostly going well and people are back to normal life now that Covid is basically eliminated here (with the exception of the occassional outbreak from quarantine).

Thanks for the vaccine update, Scottsla; this explains a lot!  Hoping you receive your vaccines soon, as I have a cruise planned for April, '22 which includes both Australia and your neighbor to the southeast!

Donna

Edited May 22, 2021 by GeorgesGal