Australia’s National Cabinet has agreed to halve the number of people allowed into Australia per week and set up vaccination targets.

International arrivals will be capped at 3,035 people per week from 14 July, in rules which will be in place until at least the start of next year. The number of arrivals will be a drop from 6,370.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said National Cabinet would consider changing the caps sooner should the medical advice on the caps change.

In response to calls by the governments of Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia, commercial flight numbers would be cut, but repatriation flights would increase though there were no details given regarding the number of extra flights to be provided.

Mr Morrison also announced the federal government would conduct a trial of a shorter seven-day quarantine period with vaccinated travellers, instead of the current 14 days.

South Australia had expressed willingness to work with the government on the trial, Mr Morrison said, adding that quarantine arrangements for vaccinated travellers would depend on the outcomes of this trial.

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The Prime Minister also said a percentage target would be decided once modelling showed how many people would need the jab for it to be effective against the spread of the Delta variant.

He said several measures were being considered for when the population reached the first yet-to-be-determined target.

“To ease restrictions on vaccinated residents, such as lockdowns and border controls,” he said.

“Lockdowns would only occur in extreme circumstances to prevent escalating hospitalisation and fatality. To restore inbound passenger caps at that time to previous levels for unvaccinated returning travellers and then even larger caps for those who are vaccinated. We would be allowing a capped entry of student and economic visa holders, subject to quarantine arrangements and availability.”

Mr Morrison said that in the last phase of the pandemic, Australia would deal with COVID-19 like it does the seasonal flu. This would be the fourth phase marking a return to pre-pandemic travel and life.

Meanwhile, Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Jeanette Young revealed that the Brisbane’s Greek Community Centre was one of the sites that was visited by a mother and daughter who were found to have contracted the COVID-19 virus yesterday.

Ms Young revealed that the pair, who were from Carindale, visited the centre in South Brisbane on Monday and on Tuesday.