SYDNEY: Australia would require all abroad travelers to test negative for COVID-19 before boarding flights to the nation, Prime Minister Scott Morrison stated on Friday (Jan 8), Since it tightened travel guidelines to stop the spread of the UK COVID-19 variant.
Australia would also reduce by half the cap on international arrivals to some states till Feb 15, Morrison stated, Australia has seen an increase in COVID-19 cases since the middle of December, and new measures to fight the disease have kicked in.
Australia’s third-largest city will enter a three-day lockdown starting late on Friday, as authorities seek to prevent the spread of an extra contagious variant of COVID-19 first detected in Britain.
Brisbane’s 2 million residents will probably be barred from leaving their homes for anything but essential business after an employee at a quarantined hotel within the city tested positive for the new strain of the virus.
Individuals should put on masks after they depart residence for important business, state Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk stated as she introduced the lockdown to start at 6 pm local time.
Funerals and weddings can proceed, however with limits of 20 and 10 individuals respectively. Entertainment venues will shut and restaurants and cafes will probably be allowed to offer takeaway only.
