The Australian government is working with Qantas to organise expat flights from Indonesia, which has become the global epicentre of the COVID-19 virus | ChrisBarrett_
The Australian government is working with Qantas to organise a flight for expats stranded in Indonesia, with nearly 800 registered as wanting to return home from a country that is now the global epicentre of the virus.
A spokesperson for Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said on Wednesday it was “looking at all available options to assist vulnerable Australians in Indonesia to return”. She said her treatment for tuberculosis hadn’t been successful and she needs further diagnostic tests which are not available in Central Java but was eager to get home for other reasons too.“We are a two citizenship family - Indonesian and Australian - the stress of not being able to get to Australia [and] having older parents - one who needs a lot of health and mental support and we can’t give that - it is heartbreaking,” she said.
Vaccination on Bali was prioritised by Indonesia President Joko Widodo in an effort to re-start international tourism. But those plans have been delayed as the province records more than 1000 new infections per day and has endured 2000 total deaths because of the virus, two of whom, the ABC reported, were Australian.
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