South Korea has just announced it will allow citizens to enter their country quarantine free, provided they've been vaccinated. A country that has a similar covid profile to Australia's yet is understanding the science will allow the vaccines to do their thing whilst enabling it's citizens movement. What a novel idea.

So will SloMo still entertain and promote the idea of a bubble with South Korea now that quarantine isn't required buy other travellers coming in from other countries?

Again, Australia drifts further and further away in the rear view mirror.

Fuel-Off :ok:

At the moment, that privilege is only granted if a persons vaccination was received in South Korea. However, it’s a good start.

How is 200-600 cases every day for the last 4 months similar to local eradication?

Any bubbles will only occur with places that have also eradicated local transmission.

I live in Korea. I’d suggest in a country of 50 million people, in a space less than the size of Victoria, most of whom live in high rise accommodation, 200-600 cases a day with no exponential rise, is no worse than the spread of any flu virus.

Case numbers are meaning less and less every day - soon they won’t mean much - deaths / hospitalisations are more important.