Chinese travel agents are opening a backdoor into Australia that dodges the coronavirus travel ban by offering to send people to third-country stop-off destinations to wait out their quarantine.
The ban, which Prime Minister Scott Morrison imposed on February 1, prevents all non-Australian residents
travelling from China from entering the country for 14 days after they leave the Chinese mainland. Image: AP
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