19 May 2021

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst

From Nine To Noon, 9:53 am on 19 May 2021

Annika joins Kathryn to look at the speed of the Covid vaccine rollout and whether it might get Australians travelling sooner, as business complains about the borders being closed through to 2022.

The head of Virgin told the government borders should open "even if some people will die". 

And there's pressure on the government to organise more repatriation flights from India after a half-full flight returned last week.

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison is pictured after attending a church service at St Andrews Cathedral in Sydney on April 11, 2021.

Photo: AFP