I take the tube and train daily. I would say maybe 25% of people wear masks. Less and less every day. Nothing is enforced. The tube is really hot in summer - unbearable.
I canāt speak for buses
In supermarkets I would say 30% shops and malls maybe 10%
Airports are the only places there seems to be 100% compliance
I am normally at a lĆ³ndon airport every 2 weeks and Iāve not seen anyone maskless for months
And thatās the kind of transition I would expect. Less and less each day as the risks slowly disappear. The point is there is no set date of normal returning. Itās transitional.
Cases are still reported but itās not a headline report or feature anymore. Online on radio or tv.
Effective today if youāre vaccinated you no longer have to isolate if you are a close contact. Thatās about 400;000 a week
Vaccinated travelers no longer have to quarantine. We can travel again to Dubai CanadĆ” usa Europe with no quarantine on return. And testing is being phased out.
They want 80% of those eligible for a vaccine (at present based on TGA approvals this would be persons over the age of 12) vaccinated, which several countries have achieved (including the UK).
When theyāre referring to āeligible populationā, the definition is anyone that is able to take a vaccine - which in a general sense, based on current TGA approvals (and similar overseas) is anyone over the age of 12, or back-dated to when the plan was announced in July over 16s.
Guys, I am hoping to travel to Hawaii (I live in LĆ³ndon) to meet my mum for Xmas. Havenāt seen her for 2 years now.
Sheās 75 vaccinated lives in QLD
At 70% of eligible aussies vaccinated am I right in understanding she can travel to Hawaii, meet me and swerve hotel quarantine and instead do it at home - if Australia reaches that 70% by the end of the year?
70 per cent of the eligible population will need to have received both doses of a coronavirus vaccine
the Prime Minister says āspecial rulesā will apply to Australians who are fully vaccinated at this stage, meaning that they will not be subject to some of the restrictions currently imposed on the population.
These āspecial rulesā include:
Introducing new reduced quarantine arrangements for vaccinated residents
Yeah but that would be returning Aussieās right? Not letting people out for a holiday and then returning.
Your question is asking if your mum can go to Hawaii for Xmas? The answer is no. Right now. For all we know we could be at 80 by Dec and they open the international borders but I highly doubt it. Itāll be a slow process I think.
I donāt think so, PM called them āvaccinated residentsā. If youāre a returning Aussie youāre not a resident.
Also in the same article he talked separately of caps lifting for inbound return travellers and students and economic visas being alllowed in and enjoying the same quarantine arrangements as vaccinated residents (read home quarantine)