Desperate Aussies hoping to get out of China are facing a longer wait after a flight that was supposed to head to Darwin was cancelled. travel coronavirus
A Donghai Airlines flight, scheduled to land at Darwin International Airport at 7.30 Sunday morning never arrived.
Mr Vatskalis himself is in coronavirus quarantine at his own home for the next two weeks after recently visiting China. Health Minister Greg Hunt has confirmed an Australian medical assistance team with a mobile hospital arrived in the former detention centre of Christmas Island. There will be a limited food and beverage service to minimise interaction between crew and passengers and the 747 plane will be thoroughly cleaned afterwards.
Australian citizens, permanent residents and their immediate families, dependants, legal guardians and spouses, will be exempted from the strict measures, Mr Morrison said.
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