Phase C at 80% Fully Vaccinated.
Once 80% of the people in Australia are fully vaccinated, the government says that we can move to Phase C of the National Plan.
Seek to minimise serious illness, hospitalisations and fatalities as a result of COVID-19 with baseline restrictions.
Measures may include:
- Maximise vaccination coverage;
- Minimum ongoing baseline restrictions, adjusted to minimise cases without lockdowns;
- Highly targeted lockdowns only;
- Continue vaccine booster programme;
- Exempt vaccinated residents from all domestic restrictions;
- Abolish caps on returning vaccinated Australians;
- Allow increased capped entry of student, economic, and humanitarian visa holders;
- Lift all restrictions on outbound travel for vaccinated Australians; and
- Extend travel bubble for unrestricted travel to new candidate countries (Singapore, Pacific);
- Gradual reopening of inward and outward international travel, with safe countries and proportionate quarantine and reduced requirements for fully vaccinated inbound travellers.
Followed by:
Phase D Final Post-Vaccination Phase.
Manage COVID-19 consistent with public health management of other infectious diseases.
Measures may include:
- Open international borders;
- Quarantine for high-risk inbound travel;
- Minimise cases in the community without ongoing restrictions or lockdowns;
- Live with COVID-19: management
consistent with influenza or other infectious diseases; - Boosters as necessary;
- Allow uncapped inbound arrivals for all vaccinated persons, without quarantine; and
- Allow uncapped arrivals of non-vaccinated travellers subject to pre-flight and on arrival testing.