Major coronavirus breach at Sydney Airport as entire flight from Melbourne not screened
Passengers on a flight from Melbourne to Sydney last night disembarked without being screened by NSW Health officials, in a major breach of the state's coronavirus protocols.The email also warned there could be "a lot of media attention" about the incidentAn email from Sydney Airport leaked to the ABC claims Jetstar breached NSW Government health orders by allowing travellers on flight JQ520, which landed at 6:53pm, to get off without being checked.
Screening includes temperature checks and a series of health questions. The traveller's home address in Victoria is also verified, and anyone who appears symptomatic is tested for COVID-19."The airport has now put in protocols to ensure that the health teams are there and able to do the screening, and no-one is allowed to disembark before that happens," she said.
"Coincidentally, there was a media presence that captured the entire event unfolding and this may attract some attention over the next 24 hours," it read.
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