The Australian Medical Association is asking national cabinet to improve hotel quarantine and establish long-term facilities to allow international travel to restart.

* Doctors and business groups say Australia can't keep its international border closed forever

* COVID-19 continues to spread internationally, including into Australia

* The AMA says once an adequate proportion of the population is vaccinated, borders should be progressively opened to other countries

* National cabinet should strengthen hotel quarantine including improved ventilation, better personal protective equipment and vaccinations

* An urgent stocktake of facilities (outside of hotel quarantine) is needed to see what can be repurposed and used to take incoming arrivals

* Existing proposals for quarantine facilities should be fast-tracked

* A national partnership and funding agreement between the federal and state governments is needed to establish longer-term dedicated quarantine facilities

* Public hospitals should get funding to boost their surge capacity to deal with outbreaks, as well as keeping up with ongoing growth in demand for services.

Australian Associated Press