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despite the advice from the chief medical officer explicitly counselling against the restrictions.
"I recommend consideration be given to enhancing Australia's existing surveillance capabilities with a particular emphasis on international arrivals." Travellers on flights transiting through China, Hong Kong and Macau do not need to undertake the test.Paul Kelly's letter reveals he did not believe there was sufficient public health rationale to introduce the restrictions.
Butler told radio station FiveAA when he announced the measure the nation's chief health officers did not recommend the measures but he introduced them anyway out of an abundance of caution. It comes as the World Health Organisation claims there is an "absence" of information about the COVID-19 situation, including strains and numbers, in the country.
"For example, we're moving to test the wastewater that comes off aeroplanes travelling from China," he said.Butler said the decision to introduce the testing requirements is to enhance Australia's knowledge of the COVID-19 situation in China.
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