Australia extends virus ban on arrivals from mainland China

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Australia extends virus ban on arrivals from mainland China

 

FILE PHOTO: Australian evacuees from the Chinese city Wuhan arrive at the Inpex Plant Manigurr-ma Village in Darwin, Australia, February 9, 2020. Picture taken February 9, 2020. AAP Image/Helen Orr via REUTERS

 

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia will maintain an entry ban on foreign nationals from mainland China for another week to reduce the risk of exposure to the coronavirus, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday.

 

Australia has 15 cases of the virus but has not had any new cases since the travel ban was first put in place on Feb.1, Morrison said. The ban will be reviewed each week.

 

“Our current measures are working, they are effective, they are doing the job,” he told a press conference in Canberra. “That’s why this afternoon we have agreed to accept recommendations to maintain the ban on entry restrictions.”

 

Australian citizens and permanent residents returning home are exempt from the ban but are required to isolate themselves for 14 days after their arrival.

 

The health department said that all but one of the 15 cases in Australia involved people who had come from Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the outbreak was first identified late last year.

 

Five people who had been ill have since recovered, the department said.

 

More than 1,350 people have died in mainland China as a result of the epidemic, and authorities said that rate are some 60,000 confirmed cases.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-02-13

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[Isaan sailor]

Bottom line: Australia and other developed nations don’t want Wuhan virus contamination.  Thailand doesn’t care about anything but Chinese tourist numbers.

[DoctorG]

The OZ universities are pressuring the gov to let the CH students in. Glad to see they are not relenting.

[overherebc]

On 2/14/2020 at 9:26 AM, DoctorG said:

The OZ universities are pressuring the gov to let the CH students in. Glad to see they are not relenting.

Of course the Uni's want them to allow them.

Not being skepital about it, it's just the Uni's are worried about the students education and of course has nothing to to do with all the fees they might lose coming in.

PS. 

Is skeptical really spelt with a 'k' ?????

[3NUMBAS]

 

Italy had the right idea from the start