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MOFA hasn't updated their English page since before the announcement but here is the PDF from the ministry of health (in japanese of course, no English one so far) https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/000851857.pdf Couldn't be more simple? there's a reasnoble summary in this (paywalled) Japan times...

I wouldn’t hold your breath on this one. No matter how many time this gets ‘announced by the PM’ I never see anything ever reported in the japanese press. The Singapore bubble seemed more driven by Singapore than australia.

And here’s a version of the japanese news in English. The MOFA page was updated yesterday but not with any further information about this, but it’s is a terribly organised jumble of information so I could easily have missed it. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20211102/p2g/00m/0na/069000c

A little bit more movement in Japan. Quarantine dropping to 3 days with a test for business travellers or students and (if my interpretation is correct) they will start allowing new business and student entries (and possibly visas), subject to the host institution managing their behaviour. The...

As a resident of the city of yarra, another poor performer, I have been wondering for a while if there have been some denominator issues in inner melbourne LGAs. Some of it is international residents leaving, some of it is people moving outside the ring of steel. I have a friend who works in...

Now that people are booking, travelling and buying insurance; which providers have you been selecting?

@ayushamity it looks like Sinovac is going to be recognised by the TGA, hopefully this means your partner can avoid COVID jail...

I was hoping for before the end of February, I’m even slightly unhopeful about stopping for dinner on the way to Vienna next July.

The mainichi has some sort of maybe hoping for cherry blossom season next year. It’s not looking too hopeful though. Maybe get some movement after the election on sunday. There is not a lot of clamour for reopening in the press and the CDP has 10 day quarantine in its election platform. They...

Yes, you can transfer a mobile number in but not get a new one. I transferred my 412 number in when I left the states and I still get a delightful parade on yinzer scams messaging me. My experience has been that is works fine for Chase and Amex, but Citi don’t recognise it as a mobile number...

You need to stop promoting this borderline covidiot misinfo. The British society of immunology has a very helpful infographic on this. But this is the key message Likely that for most people vaccination will induce more effective & longer lasting immunity compared to natural infection...

Really good summary.

I think your expecting there to be more than 5 minutes thinking going into the phrase 'parents & immediate family'

more airline quotes - discussions on a single flight a week for the 210 unvaxxed...

Some airline quotes here https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2021/oct/15/australia-covid-news-live-freedom-day-victorias-essential-workers-vaccine-corona-perrottet-andrews-canberra-morrison-lockdown-?page=with:block-6168d5b68f08a7f186b28ab4#block-6168d5b68f08a7f186b28ab4

From the VIC presser - they didn't know but aren't to worried about it Reporter: Foley:

I see your no quarantine and raise you no quarantine and a free chocolate frog for every arrival.

The Press release, the replies are interesting

From the Presser Reporter: Perrottet:

Who said anything about returning home. Away is the important direction right now.