Greece lifts quarantine restrictions for incoming Australian travellers
I mean, not that it will do us much good, but looks like if you really wanted you could travel to Greece quarantine free now! (Although of course, you would have to quarantine on your way back if you can get back at all).
Greece is planning to formally opening up to tourists on 15 May, but on Sunday the transport ministry announced a number of countries including Australia, Russia, New Zealand, South Korea, Thailand, Rwanda and Singapore could gain access early, reports Reuters.
But this comes with a catch: you must be vaccinated or test negative for the coronavirus.
Kristina Keneally, describes the vaccine rollout as a “shambles” on ABC News:
“And this slow rollout which sees us about 90th in the world - and the prime minister said we would be at the front of the queue - we’re about 90th in the world in the rollout of vaccines. That is affecting our economic recovery. Putting at jeopardy our health and wellbeing and making it harder for stranded Australians to get home.
“Particularly when it comes to aged care and disability care, it is embarrassing, it is risky, and it is wrong that we have had such a slow rollout of vaccines in residential aged care, in aged care workers, in disability.”
Austria s health minister Rudolf Anschober has resigned, saying his role in handling the COVID-19 pandemic had left him exhausted . 15 months have felt like 15 years, Anschober told reporters at a press conference in Vienna on Tuesday. For the past few weeks, I ve been lacking energy , he added, while visibly emotional. He will formally leave his position on Monday.
The minister was hospitalised at the beginning of March for cardiovascular problems and said he had experienced two episodes of sudden fatigue in the past month, as well as high blood pressure and tinnitus.
His condition was not burnout, he added, but doctors advised him to take a break.
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So much so that by the time the federal government’s shipment of vaccines was due to be delivered to the team, in the week of 22 March, the residents were vaccine-ready.
Clinics were booked in, about 800 to 1,000 eligible clients were identified, and the team estimated it could administer at least 400 doses a week, serving both the tower residents and the general community as a registered provider through phase 1b of the rollout.
There was one problem. The vaccines that were promised by the federal government failed to show up on time.
The team had been told to expect roughly 100 doses per week from 22 March, a supply so low that it had already caused concern among staff.