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More than 180 Australians will be spending Christmas in COVID-19 quarantine facilities, after arriving on repatriation flights from southern Africa last week.

A travel ban on eight countries in southern Africa has been walked back – and not for the reason you might expect.

A travel ban on eight countries in southern Africa has been walked back – and not for the reason you might expect.

Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said the travel restrictions were no longer a "proportionate" and "effective" measure given the global spread of Omicron.

Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said the travel restrictions were no longer a "proportionate" and "effective" measure given the global spread of Omicron.

The federal government has ceased a travel ban on eight southern African nations imposed last month due to the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

New South Wales has lifted mandatory two-week quarantine rules for international arrivals from eight southern African countries flagged as potential hotspots for the Omicron variant.

Fully vaccinated travellers from southern Africa into New South Wales will no longer need to go into hotel quarantine for two weeks.

By scrapping the rules previously affecting arrivals from eight countries of concern over the Omicron COVID-19 variant this morning, NSW Health is bringing all international travellers under the same requirements.

New South Wales has ditched a two-week hotel quarantine requirement for travellers from southern Africa introduced over fears about the Omicron coronavirus variant. From 6am on Wednesday, arrivals from,