Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne said the states of South Australia and New South Wales (NSW) will likely be the first states to trial home quarantine for fully vaccinated returned travellers. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will discuss the idea with premiers and chief ministers at a national cabinet meeting on Friday. Foreign Minister Marise Payne said the proposal would look at alternative options including home quarantine for fully vaccinated travellers. “One of the things the work done so far tells us is that a vaccinated person quarantining for seven days is stronger than an unvaccinated person quarantining for 14 days,” she told ABC radio. NSW and SA have expressed interest in participating in a small-scale trial. “We will start that in the coming period when the medical advice enables us to do so and the processes are put in place,” Payne said. The ACT has allowed diplomats, government officials …
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