Read more about Covid: Australia s borders to remain closed indefinitely, says PM Morrison on Business Standard. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that country s borders will remain closed indefinitely for the rest of the world to protect Australians from the deadly outbreaks of Covid strains
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Warner, Slater, Australians are in the Maldives after IPL was postponed
They are awaiting a travel ban from India to Australia to be lifted
Star batsman David Warner and former Australia opener turned commentator Michael Slater have clearly denied that the duo were involved in an altercation inside a Maldives bar. SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) skipper Warner and Slater, who was commentating in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021, along with the Australian contingent are staying in the Maldives before they all leave for Australia. The rumour of physical exchange between the duo in the Maldives was first reported by the Daily Telegraph as cited by foxsports.com.au.
Australia s borders to remain closed indefinitely: PM
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Canberra, May 9 : Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday said that the country s borders will remain closed indefinitely amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Morrison said in a media interview that there is no appetite among Australians to re-open the country s borders to international travellers as Covid-19 continues to spread throughout the world, reports Xinhua news agency. I don t see an appetite for that at the moment, he said. I think what we re seeing at the moment is the appreciation of the people that the pandemic isn t going anywhere.
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Medical staff help a patient with breathing problems towards an ambulance as he is being shifted to a hospital, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Ahmedabad, India, April 14, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
With coronavirus infections surging deeper into record territory, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing growing pressure to impose a harsh nationwide lockdown amid criticism that restrictions imposed by individual states are not enough.
Many medical experts, opposition leaders and some Supreme Court judges have suggested that a lockdown seems to be the only option with the virus raging in cities and towns, where hospitals are forced to turn patients away while relatives scramble to find oxygen. Crematoriums and burial grounds are struggling to handle the dead.
Australia’s borders to remain closed indefinitely: Australian PM
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CANBERRA, May 9, 2021 (BSS/Xinhua) – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said that the country will remain closed for the foreseeable future.
Morrison said in an interview with News Corp Sunday newspapers that there is no “appetite” among Australians to re-open the country’s borders to international travelers as COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the world.
“I don’t see an appetite for that at the moment,” he said. “I think what we’re seeing at the moment is the appreciation of the people that the pandemic isn’t going anywhere.”
“All I know is once you let it (COVID-19) back in again, you cannot get it out. You’ve crossed that threshold.”