COVID vaccine proof needed to enter Australia or travellers will pay for hotel quarantine
Anyone arriving in Australia will need to prove they have been vaccinated against coronavirus or face 14 days in hotel quarantine when international travel resumes next year.
9News understands the Federal Government is currently making plans which will apply to both overseas travellers and returning residents.
The requirements will be loosely based on the process regarding yellow fever.
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A researcher in a laboratory at the Jenner Institute in Oxford, England, works on the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. AP
Currently anyone entering the country from an area where the disease is prevalent must show Border Force documentation that they have been vaccinated against it.
The government's plan is in its early stages and will not be rolled out until mid-next year when it is expected much of the population will have received a vaccine.
For this to happen the World Health Organisation will need to put COVID-19 on its list of diseases that require vaccination declarations.
However, it is unclear what vaccines will be accepted – as different countries such as Russia and China are developing their own inoculations.
Earlier this week QANTAS CEO Alan Joyce told A Current Affair the airline would likely require passengers to be vaccinated before they travel.
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