Australia on Tuesday banned all flights from India until at least May 15. (Representational)
Australia has temporarily banned its citizens from returning from India.
The pause on allowing in travelers that were in India within 14 days of arriving will take effect from Monday, Health Minister Greg Hunt said in an emailed statement. Breaches of the ban could lead to a fine of A$66,600 ($51,000), five years imprisonment, or both.
As virus cases surge in countries such as India, where daily cases topped 400,000 for the first time on Saturday, there are fears Australia s quarantine system will buckle with more returning travelers testing positive. While the nation has come close to eliminating local transmission of the virus by closing its international border to non-residents other than a new travel bubble with New Zealand occasional cases leak into the community from quarantine hotels.
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India continues to register the highest number of average daily cases in the world, according to Our World in Data. Until April 28, the country recorded 3.49 lakh daily cases.
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India continues to register the highest number of average daily cases in the world, according to Our World in Data. Until April 28, the country recorded 3.49 lakh daily cases.
With 4,08,323 new COVID-19 cases recorded until 11 p.m. on April 30, India became the first country in the world to register over 4 lakh infections in a single day. As many as 3,464 new deaths were also reported on the day.
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New York City is moving to fully reopen on July 1. France will ease virus restrictions in four stages starting on May 3 and ending June 30, while Ireland plans to start reopening after a four-month lockdown.
Singapore’s daily community infections climbed to the highest in more than nine months on Thursday, while Hong Kong will quarantine residents of an apartment building after a variant case was found.
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New York City is moving to fully reopen on July 1. France said it found the first cases of the variant first detected in India, while Italy administered almost 500,000 vaccine doses on Thursday, a record.
Hong Kong will quarantine residents of an apartment building after a person was found with what the government called the first local untraceable infection with Covid-19 variants. Singapore’s daily community cases climbed to the highest in more than nine months on Thursday.
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“Our preparation has been such that vaccine is fast reaching every corner of the country,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Jan. 22. “On the world’s biggest need today, we are completely self-reliant. Not just that, India is also helping out many countries with vaccines.”