Pre-flight Covid testing for international arrivals to Australia scrapped as ‘winter jab’ announced

Second coronavirus vaccine booster shot to be available for elderly and vulnerable groups from 4 April along with winter flu immunisations

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Health authorities have given the green light for a winter jab" to become available for millions of high-risk Australians, and pre-flight testing for arrivals will be scrapped under significant changes to living with the virus.

The federal health minister, Greg Hunt, announced international arrivals will no longer need to be tested for Covid-19 prior to travel after 17 April when the government's biosecurity emergency determination lapses.