Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of approving covid-19 vaccines administered in Australia to allow people vaccinated in Australia to be recognised as fully vaccinated and not be required to isolate for 10 days upon arrival from an Amber list country.

We are taking a phased approach to restarting international travel from ‘amber’ countries and extending quarantine free entry to Australia and other countries as outlined in the Global Travel Taskforce report published in April.

We continue to work closely with medical and public health experts and with international partners ahead of following the next Global Travel Taskforce Review in October.