South Australia Goes into Lockdown While Other States Reopen Borders

ENTERING RECOVERY PHASE

On 16 November, South Australia reimposed social distancing restrictions after detecting 21 COVID-19 cases, most of which were local transmissions. These cases were the first in Australia in nine days.
A six-day lockdown was later imposed on South Australia on 18 November, as authorities face to contain the new coronavirus cluster in Adelaide city.
New South Wales and Victoria have reopened their state borders after Victoria has appeared to successfully eliminated a second wave of coronavirus infections. The nation will lift more internal border restrictions in a boost for domestic tourism.
With hopes to restart international travel and first vaccines likely available by March 2021, Australia’s national carrier Qantas will require international travellers to be vaccinated.
As a gesture of goodwill, Australia has offered Indonesia AUD$1 billion to aid the country’s economic recovery – the latest in a line of measures intended to bolster Canberra’s relationships with its APAC counterparts.