Interesting thanks.
Wonder if FA might be considering something like FFA cup games in November and delay the start of the A league proper.
That way they can test the waters as far as how vaccinated travel is going to work for sports teams.
Wonder if FA might be considering something like FFA cup games in November and delay the start of the A league proper.
That way they can test the waters as far as how vaccinated travel is going to work for sports teams.
Latest news now in Aus, is 178 new cases in Victoria and about 80 of those cases as yet can't be traced. A tired looking Premier Andrews stated that zero Covid in Victoria now is over as a goal. Lockdown in Victoria will only end at 70% adult popn fully vaccinated. Early Oct at earliest. I've spoken to friends in Melbourne (one worked in travel & other in the Arts), they just want lockdown to end. It's been a massively challenging 18 mths for them, with 6 lockdowns.
So VIC and NSW now on same page, hit vaccination thresholds and things will open up. Then they just hope their health systems can cope with the Covid cases, whilst pushing to reach 80-90% vaccination mark.
So you now effectively have 2 groups of states, with defined splits.
VIC and NSW maybe with travel between the 2 when hit 70% vaccination mark. Then SA, WA, Tas and QLD with I guess continuing travel between those 4 states. They are making no promises at all about reopening when hit 70% jab benchmark. In fact QLD Premier now saying she wants kids under 12 to now be vaccinated (something no country in the world is yet doing).
Perhaps it's time for NZ to look at reopening the TT bubble with specific states ie WA, SA & Tas. I'd be wary of QLD, with such a large NSW/QLD border community.