Australia may lift India travel ban around 15 May |
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed the India travel ban imposed on 3rd May will likely come to an end on May 15th. According to the ban, from May 3rd, Australians who travelled to India in the last 14 days will be prohibited from entering Australia due to concerns over India`s escalating Covid-19 pandemic, which nearly saw 400,000 cases in a single day on 2nd May. Morrison had said that the purpose of the temporary travel suspension was to give Australia time to prepare to safely repatriate and quarantine returned travellers. He explained, “We needed to take a pause to make sure we put Australia in a safer position to bring people safely home,”. Morrison also added that the ban was a temporary two week pause and not a four months lockdown. All they wanted to ensure was the country does not face a third wave of COVID-19.
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