Australia bars citizens in India from returning home amid Covid surge, threatens jail time, R500,000 fine May 04, 2021, 08:32 AM
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Health workers prepare to cremate people who died of the coronavirus in New Delhi, India, on April 20, 2021.
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Australia has barred its own citizens from reentering the country if they are coming from India.
Those who do return face up to five years in jail and a whopping R500,000 fine.
The prime minister has stressed that the strict regulations are necessary to keep the country Covid-free.
In one of the strictest border policies of the pandemic-era yet, Australia quietly announced Friday that any person who entered the country after visiting India in the prior 14 days, would be subject to jail time, a massive fine, or both - including Australia s own citizens.
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