Health Minister Mark Butler has said that Australians welcome the renewed travel with China despite placing new entry requirements on Chinese visitors.
Travellers will have to return a negative COVID-19 test within 48 hours of departure from Thursday as cases spike after Beijing dismantled restrictions.
Butler said he welcomed China opening its borders and allowing citizens to travel once again, with a spike in travellers expected in Australia.
He said it was “a very modest, balanced decision.”
“I know that hundreds of thousands of Australians of Chinese descent, in particular, are particularly looking forward to the opportunity to reunite with family and friends,” he told Seven’s Sunrise program….