toria and new south wales have ended quarantine rules for fully-vaccinated travelers. th thanks to soaring vaccination rates so let s bring in cnn s angus watson at sydney international airport. good to see you, angus. so, these emotional homecomings for so many australians who have been locked out of their own country for about 18 months. what have you witnessed at sydney s international airport? and of course, all of this happening because we are talking about 80% fully vaccinated in new south wales. just incredible numbers. reporter: it really was this morning, rosemary, a celebration of the end to fortress australia. this strict border policy that australia put in place in march last year to try to ride out the covid-19 pandemic. to try to shelter itself from the rest of the world but it was so tough that australians overseas were told that they can only come back in limited numbers. and then, when they do arrive home, they have to quarantine in a hotel in state-managed
for the coronavirus. and they won t be required to quarantine. they ve welcomed the first visitors with the rest of the country to follow. and this should give a much needed boost to thailand s vital tourism industry which has taken a massive hit during the pandemic. after 18 months of closed borders international travel has returned for parts of australia. and with it emotional reunions like these a few hours ago as sydney s airport. thousands of australians living abroad had been unable to return home due to the country s tough pandemic restrictions. but now the state of victoria and new south wales have ended quarantine rules for fully vaccinated travelers thanks to soaring vaccine rates. of course emotional homecomings, but so many australians who were actually locked out of their own
patriots, for the very first time this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening from foxborough, massachusetts, the site of one of the most anticipated homecomings in sports history this weekend. we ll talk more about that later in this broadcast. but right now all eyes are on the political gridiron in washington and it s where we start. declaring we re going to get this thing done, president joe biden making a rare trek to capitol hill late today on a rescue mission to save the cornerstone of his political agenda not from republican opposition, but from his own splintered democratic party after postponing a promised vote on an infrastructure bill late last night, house democrat leaders scrambling again today to appease dems who want it tructure done and those demanding an expansive social and climate safety net be done first the president with skin in the game tonight, trying to bind wounds
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