Reopening Australia's border will be 'one of the last things to change', says chief medical officer

Prof Paul Kelly says even when coronavirus vaccines are rolled out across the country the border will likely stay closed

Australia's chief medical officer, Prof Paul Kelly, has said that even when the coronavirus vaccine is rolled out international borders will be one of the last things to change".

Kelly on Tuesday said the criteria for when the country's international borders could be reopened was a very dynamic space". On travel, we have to be very careful ... the first vaccinations, as they roll out in a few weeks in Australia, will not change everything back to normal," he told reporters in Canberra.