Ahead of Ashes, British PM Johnson raises journey issues with Morrison

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has raised the problem of a journey ban on the households of England cricketers for the upcoming Ashes together with his Australian counterpart, Scott Morrison.
The two prime ministers met over dinner in Washington DC on the sidelines of a diplomatic go to to the United States the place Johnson sought assurances about this winter’s sequence.
“I raised it (with Mr Morrison) and he said he was going to do his best for the families,” Johnson advised reporters within the American capital.
“He totally got the point that for cricketers it is very tough to ask people to be away from their families over Christmas. He merely undertook to come back and see if he could find a solution.”
The first Test is because of get underway at Brisbane on December 8, however the journey was thrown into uncertainty after plenty of England gamers expressed reservations concerning the strict quarantine measures which might be prone to be in place at some stage in the tour.
Morrison stated there can be no want for “special deals” permitting the households of gamers to accompany them.
“I’d love to see the Ashes go ahead, as I shared with Boris,” Morrison stated.
“But there’s no particular offers there, as a result of what we’re trying to have is vaccinated individuals with the ability to journey.
“I don’t see a great deal of difference in skilled workers or students who will be able to come to Australia when you reach those vaccination rates,” Morrison added.
Australia plans to ease border and quarantine restrictions by the top of this 12 months, after a minimum of 80 per cent of its grownup inhabitants obtain two COVID-19 vaccination photographs.
Officials within the COVID-free states of Western Australia and Queensland have nevertheless stated they could hold their borders shut for longer interval, relying on the scenario.