Australian Tourism Will Need Federal Support if Overseas Flights Stop Until 2022: Osmond

Australian Tourism Will Need Federal Support if Overseas Flights Stop Until 2022: Osmond
Margy Osmond in Sydney, Australia Oct. 18, 2009. Sydney 2009 World Masters Games via Getty Images
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Australia’s tourism industry is seeking additional financial support from the federal government after the former chief health officer Brendan Murphy warned international travel would be unlikely this year even with a CCP virus vaccine rollout imminent.
Murphy, who is the current secretary of the Health Department, told the ABC on Monday that: “Even if we have a lot of the population vaccinated, we don’t know whether that will prevent transmission of the virus, and it’s likely that quarantine will continue for some time.”