A ‘vaccine passport’ is among the options that are being considered for Australian travellers. This would allow people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine to travel overseas without having to go into hotel quarantine upon their return.
However, New South Wales health authorities have advised that six people who tested positive in hotel quarantine between 10 April and 1 May had been fully vaccinated while overseas. Five had been given a two-dose vaccine, while one had received a single-dose jab. In addition, 12 returned travellers have tested positive since 1 May after receiving the first dose of a two-dose vaccine:
University of Sydney epidemiologist Dr Fiona Stanaway said… “It’s not a matter of them getting sick, because they probably won’t. It’s about whether they could transmit.”
