Health Minister Mark Butler has announced travellers from China to Australia will be required to show a negative COVID test result before departure, which he says is a “modest measure”.
“We think is a response that’s modest and well-calibrated to the lack of information we
currently have about this fast-evolving situation,” Mr Butler said during a media conference on Sunday.
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