How have Australia’s international travel rules changed in response to Omicron?

We explain what border restrictions have changed and what the new Covid variant means for visa holders planning to travel to Australia

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The Omicron variant of Covid-19 has prompted governments around the globe to take rapid action and reintroduce border restrictions in an attempt to stop it spreading from southern Africa.

But the evidence from the two years since the coronavirus emerged suggest those efforts may not be entirely effective. Already, cases of the new variant have been found in the UK, Europe, Hong Kong and Australia.