Itâs time to send returning travellers away from cities Itâs time to send returning travellers away from cities December 21, 2020 â 12.01am Save Normal text size Advertisement Many experts and most people think itâs time for returning travellers to be redirected to unpopulated areas for quarantine (ââCity on high alertââ, December 19-20). Leakage from quarantine in Victoria cost many lives and billions of dollars. And thereâs little doubt that the current outbreak in Sydney will ruin Christmas for far more people than those who want to return to Australia for the holidays. Surely the Prime Minister and the premiers should call time on quarantining in major population centres. Any cost benefit analysis will prove that decision as being correct.