Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly has conceded Australians could die overseas due to the India travel ban.
Professor Kelly sent a letter to Health Minister Greg Hunt on Friday asking for the travel ban to be implemented. In the letter he also asked for it to be made an offence for travellers who had been in India for past 14 days to enter Australia.
Professor Kelly acknowledged the consequences of such a decision could result in Australians suffering serious health issues and in the worst-case scenario dying. Mr Hunt has defended the use of the Biosecurity Act as a necessary step to protect the country from further outbreaks. He noted positive cases have increased from 14 in a 28-day period in February to 210 in the same number of days in April which amounts to a 1,500 per cent increase.
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