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National Cabinet decides to increase coronavirus passenger caps from mid-February, hotel quarantine remains
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says National Cabinet has agreed to increase the cap on international passenger arrivals from mid-February, but flagged people will still have to do hotel quarantine even if they have had a vaccine.
Key points:
- The weekly cap will increase from 4,127 to at least 6,362
- The Government is looking at increasing capacity at the Howard Springs facility
- Hotel quarantine will remain in place for international arrivals even if they have had a vaccine
The number of people allowed to fly into NSW, Queensland and Western Australia were halved at the beginning of January in response to the new strain of the virus from the United Kingdom.
“It was also agreed that from February 15, the caps will return to the previous levels…
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