Australia moves to close COVID transit travel loophole

The Australian government has moved to prevent further instances of people circumventing travel bans on COVID hot spots such as India.

Australia earlier this week banned flights from India but the government discovered on Wednesday that passengers were getting around the ban by traveling through the Qatari capital of Doha.

This included two cricketers who arrived in Australia Thursday on a Qatar Airways flight after using the travel loophole.

READ: Covid crisis prompts Australia to suspend flights from India.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison told 2GB’s Ben Fordham Friday that the government had shut down the loophole Wednesday night after it had been detected read more ⇒

Source:: AirlineRatings.Com

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