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Australia Relaxes Internal COVID-19 Border Restrictions As Infections Fall

Phil Mercer

   SYDNEY - Australia's internal borders are to gradually reopen as
   COVID-19 infections continue to fall. South Australia and Queensland
   are easing restrictions with the neighboring state, New South Wales,for
   the first time in months. Australia has recorded about 27,000
   coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, and more than 850 people
   have died.

   South Australia has taken a very cautious approach to curbing the
   spread ofthe novel coronavirus. Most people are forbidden from entering
   the state from neighboring Victoria, which has had most of the nation's
   coronavirus cases and fatalities. Those restrictions remain firmly in
   place,butstarting Thursday, South Australia is reopening its border
   with New South Wales because that state has recorded no cases of
   community transmission of the virus for 14 days. Travelers will no
   longer have to go into quarantine.

   South AustralianPremier Steven Marshallsays theeased restrictions will
   be a reliefto residents.

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