India flight ban decision made amid growing COVID crisis National Cabinet will today decide whether to suspend flights coming in from India, as oxygen trains are sent to the nation’s needy states. WARNING: GRAPHIC
Health by Kieran Rooney, Tom Minear, Tiffany Bakker, AFP 27th Apr 2021 2:00 PM
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Subscriber only Direct passenger flights between India and Australia will be halted until May 15 amid the nation s worsening coronavirus crisis, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said. Mr Morrsion said the move meant two passengers services from India into Sydney, and two repatriation flights into Darwin would be cancelled, and about 500 passengers would be affected.
India flight ban decision made amid growing COVID crisis National Cabinet will today decide whether to suspend flights coming in from India, as oxygen trains are sent to the nation’s needy states. WARNING: GRAPHIC
Health by Kieran Rooney, Tom Minear, Tiffany Bakker, AFP 27th Apr 2021 2:00 PM
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Subscriber only Direct passenger flights between India and Australia will be halted until May 15 amid the nation s worsening coronavirus crisis, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said. Mr Morrsion said the move meant two passengers services from India into Sydney, and two repatriation flights into Darwin would be cancelled, and about 500 passengers would be affected.
Victorian Acting Premier James Merlino has written to the federal government seeking approval for a proposal that would allow international students to return.
South Australia has recorded 14 new infections in hotel quarantine. The state s health department released the concerning figure on Monday afternoon, saying all cases were returned travellers in medi-hotels. The positive infections include a male and female in their 20s, four females in their 30s, a male in his 40s and four children - two boys and two girls. It brings the state s total number of cases to 719 with 32 currently active. The high figure comes after SA s chief public health officer Nicola Spurrier said health authorities were concerned with the increasing number of active coronavirus cases. There are concerns about the rise in coronavirus cases in Adelaide. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Geraghty
South Australia has recorded 14 new infections in hotel quarantine. The state s health department released the concerning figure on Monday afternoon, saying all cases were returned travellers in medi-hotels. The positive infections include a male and female in their 20s, four females in their 30s, a male in his 40s and four children - two boys and two girls. It brings the state s total number of cases to 719 with 32 currently active. The high figure comes after SA s chief public health officer Nicola Spurrier said health authorities were concerned with the increasing number of active coronavirus cases. There are concerns about the rise in coronavirus cases in Adelaide. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Geraghty