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Joyce is asked when he thinks the US may be open again for Qantas to fly to:
The US is like – we’ve always assumed that let’s get the domestic borders open first, get the rules set around them and then potentially have the bubbles, country by country, when we have a similar level of exposure to the virus, so New Zealanders, they are an example and that should potentially open up relatively fast compared to the other countries around the world.
The US, with the level of prevalence there is probably going to take some time.
Joyce says in addition to the international collapse of air travel, the company has been badly hit by internal border closures in Australia’s states. Travel is currently limited from the country’s two most populous states of Victoria and New South Wales, due to local transmission of coronavirus cases. Victoria has been the hardest hit and on Thursday reported 240 new cases and 13 deaths.
Joyce highlighted the uncertainty over Australia’s internal borders:
At the moment, there are no rules around how borders are going to close and going to open. And it’s very clear that, from a health and safety point of view, that has to be the priority.
And nobody has an issue with the international borders being closed - that’s protected Australia.
#COVID19VicData for 20 August 2020. 240 new cases of #coronavirus (#COVID19) were detected in Victoria yesterday. Sadly we report 13 deaths from the virus. More information later today. pic.twitter.com/fiQChvG3Oh
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