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Australia has a new four-phase plan for a return to normality
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has received criticism from the general public for not having a concrete plan to take us out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Author Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia
However, he went some way to addressing this on Friday, announcing national cabinet had agreed to a four-phase plan to get us back to something resembling our pre-COVID way of life.
It’s not yet very detailed, and no dates have been set out for the various phases. But we do have some idea of what’s being proposed, and Morrison said moving through each phase will depend on reaching vaccination targets determined from modelling, currently being undertaken by Melbourne’s Peter Doherty Institute.
ADRIAN ESTERMANreports on what we know so far…
PRIME Minister Scott Morrison has received criticism from the general public for not having a concrete plan to take us out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, he went some way to addressing this on Friday, announcing national cabinet had agreed to a four-phase plan to get us back to something resembling our pre-covid way of life.
It’s not yet very detailed, and no dates have been set out for the various phases. But we do have some idea of what’s being proposed, and Morrison said moving through each phase will depend on reaching vaccination targets determined from modelling, currently being undertaken by Melbourne’s Peter Doherty Institute.
Tourism industry welcomes COVID exit plan but calls for more detail
Managing Director of Spencer Travel Penny Spencer (middle). Source: Supplied.
The travel and tourism industries say the federal government’s four-phased plan to re-open the country is lacking the detail and vaccination targets that businesses need to regain confidence.
The first half of the government’s national plan to transition the country’s COVID-19 response focuses on vaccinating the population and reducing the frequency of lockdowns, before reopening domestic and international travel in the final two phases.
Announcing the roadmap on Friday, the Prime Minister said until modelling from Melbourne’s Peter Doherty Institute is released, it will be unclear what percentage of the population would need to get vaccinated for the country to move from one phase to the next.
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