A Chinese man has been arrested for filming inside a hospital in Wuhan. The grainy video shows body bags and staff in full hazmat outfits treating infected patients with coronavirus. WARNING: Distressing
on Saturday announcing unprecedented control measures that would see all non-Australians travelling from mainland China barred entry.Mr Morrison said that the government would evacuate all Australians in Wuhan to Christmas Island.
The evacuation remains subject to Chinese approval but all Australian citizens and permanent residents will be allowed to board the flight. Before boarding passengers will undergo a screening and anyone with a temperature reading over 37.3 degrees celsius will not be allowed on the plane. An email to evacuees said that there would be a number of check points en route to the airport and all passengers needed to wear supplied face masks. “Should passengers cough or sneeze during the flight, please cough or sneeze into your hands and use hand sanitiser afterwards,” the email said. Evacuees were initially told by the government that they would need to pay $1000 for the flight to Christmas Island. The Qantas plane is too large to land at Christmas Island so will be diverted to Darwin. Picture: QUINTON TURNERHowever Treasurer Josh Frydenberg told ABC’s Insiders program that Mr Morrison had been given “incorrect advice” and Australians would be evacuated without having to pay the fee.“It’s very clear that the advice that we got originally was incorrect.” Mr Frydenberg’s announcement came less than an hour after Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton defended the $1000 charge. Mr Dutton told Sky News on Sunday morning that there was precedence for the charge and many would have paid over that for a return commercial flight. “There is also a precedence as I am advised from [the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade] that in [similar] circumstances people before have paid a sum of money,” said Mr Dutton.The Qantas evacuation flight is scheduled to take off on 3 February and will touch down in Darwin before the government makes arrangements to take passengers to Christmas Island.The Qantas 747 flight will one of the last from the airline who will cease all flights to mainland China from 9 February.
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