One of the Longest Covid-Zero Holdouts Reopens in Australia
- Western Australia opens to vaccinated travelers from Thursday
- Hong Kong and China keeping borders closed amid outbreaks
A mother hugs her daughter after she lands at Perth airport on the first domestic flight into Western Australia on March 3.
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The shrinking Covid Zero club just lost another member.
Western Australia finally reopened its borders to vaccinated travelers on Thursday, after almost two years of closures that were intended to stamp out the coronavirus. That means the entire continent is now once again open to tourists and foreign workers.