Australia needs to revamp its vaccination rates for improving the travel bubble prospects

Australia has been blocked to the outside world, and its own residents have been prohibited from returning home from India

Australia needs to revamp its vaccination rates for improving the travel bubble prospects

Before Australia creates travel bubbles and let international students in, more Australians must be vaccinated. Since March 2020, Australia has been blocked to the outside world, and its own residents have been prohibited from returning home from India. Australia’s trade minister, Dan Tehan, stated that relaxing border restrictions and letting foreign students back into the country is still very risky roadmap as the country is still fighting the rising infection rates. On an episode of Squawk Box Asia on Tuesday he stated that the country needs to get the vaccination rates up. And once Australia gets the vaccination rates up, the country will look at quarantining arrangements.

According to Tehan, South Australia will launch a trial of home quarantining. The two-week experiment is scheduled for September, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison stated that it might pave the way for Australians to be permitted to leave and return. According to Our World in Data, Australia has been witnessing some backlash for its delayed vaccination program, with only 15.2% of the population fully vaccinated as of August 1. The PM stated last week that the country has to vaccinate 80% of its population before reopening its borders. As vaccination rates improve, Australia will consider allowing more individuals in. As a result, the country is looking forward to lift the caps, allowing more Australians to come home, and look for methods to bring in international students.

Sydney, the country's largest metropolis city, has been fighting a recurrence of the virus, with infections reaching a new high last week and the military being brought in to enforce restrictions. As the delta strain spread, Sydney's lockdown began in late June, was prolonged for another four weeks last week. Nonetheless, Tehan stated that Australia is extremely interested in forming travel bubbles with nations that have successfully controlled the virus, such as Singapore, Japan, and South Korea.