More than 200 Australians who have been quarantined on Christmas Island for two weeks waiting to be cleared of any symptoms of the deadly coronavirus could be due to head home shortly
More than 200 Australians who have been quarantined on Christmas Island for two weeks waiting to be cleared ofThe federal government, however, is keeping details of their departure under wraps.The Department of Home Affairs is sticking to the line that the Australian Border Force is making arrangements to transfer those who have been"The government will continue to provide routine updates when appropriate," a Home Affairs spokesperson reiterated to AAP on Sunday.
The embassy told citizens it understood it was a"very stressful" situation for them and that Australian medical officers were working closely with Japanese authorities to support them. A risk assessment will be completed for each cruise ship arriving into the harbour city before it berths and then a decision will be made by health authorities whether to disembark passengers.
"For too long, the world has operated on a cycle of panic and neglect," he told a conference in Germany"We throw money at an outbreak and when it's over, we forget about it and do nothing to prevent the next one."In contrast, he said, the world spends billions of dollars preparing for a terrorist attack but relatively little preparing for the attack of a virus which could be far more deadly and far more damaging economically, politically and socially.
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