Posted on 03/04/2020 9:15:52 PM PST by Dundee
The Federal Government has expanded its coronavirus travel ban to include South Korea, and added additional precautions for travellers from Italy, amid fears about the spread of the disease.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has also confirmed that the existing ban on foreign nationals travelling from China and Iran to Australia has been extended for another week.
The revised bans will be in place until Saturday, March 14 but the Government will review the situation within a week to determine if the travel restrictions need to be extended further.
Foreign nationals who have been in mainland China, Iran and South Korea are not allowed into Australia for 14 days from the time they left those countries.
Australian citizens and permanent residents will be able to enter Australia, but need to isolate themselves for a fortnight.
Mr Morrison said travellers from Italy would face "advanced screening measures", which means they will be asked more questions at check-in and have their temperatures checked on arrival in Australia.
The Government has also upgraded its travel advice to South Korea and is now urging Australians to reconsider their need to travel to the country...
It is the fourth time the Government has extended the China travel ban and comes after Iran was added to the list of banned countries on the weekend.
There are now more than 50 recorded cases of COVID-19 in Australia.
Chief medical officer Brendan Murphy said he was "very worried" about the risk of the disease being further imported to Australia from Iran.
Beyond China and Iran, he said South Korea and Italy posed the highest risk to Australia.
"We do know we will get more cases," Professor Murphy said.
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This is going to digress into a schoolyard game:
“I ban you.”
“Well, I banned you first.”
“You infected me.”
“No, you infected me!”
The truth is—we are all in this together. It is about time we humans started acting like adults.
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