Prof Paul Kelly told Albanese government there was not ‘sufficient public health rationale’ for additional requirements targeting China
Protection Principal Committee on 30 December 2022, and there was “strong consensus that implementation of any restrictions to travel from China at this time would be inconsistent with the current national approach to the management of Covid-19 and disproportionate to the risk”.
“I do not believe that there is sufficient public health rationale to impose any restriction or additional requirements on travellers from China,” he stated. Kelly cited Australia’s high levels of vaccination, immunity from prior infection, ready access to testing, strong surveillance mechanisms in Australia and that “the BF.7 Omicron sub-variant that appears to be a key driver to the outbreak in China has been present in Australia for some time”.
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