The permit system governing travel between Victoria and South Australia is set to end on December 12 after a recommendation from Victoria’s Chief Health Officer.
The scheme, which requires people travelling to Victoria from South Australia to apply for a permit through the Victorian health department, will end after health authorities said arrivals from the state presented a “significantly lower risk”.
Professor Brett Sutton.Credit:Getty
“Given South Australian has had zero cases in the past 10 days, and arrivals from that state present a significantly lower risk, we have moved to a spot check system for those flights, ensuring the international arrival schedule for the Covid Quarantine Victoria program is not impacted,” Chief Health Office Brett Sutton said in a statement.
“This is also in line with the removal of the border and voluntary testing at the road checks. To date the voluntary testing scheme of travellers from SA has not received one positive result.”
