MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia will introduce 14-day quarantine for residents and their dependents travelling from 9 international locations in southern Africa because of the new coronavirus variant, its well being minister stated on Saturday.
“Anybody who will not be a citizen of Australia or their dependents, and who has been in African international locations the place the Omicron variant has been detected and unfold throughout the previous 14 days won’t be able to enter Australia,” Well being Minister Greg Hunt advised a press briefing.
(Reporting by Melanie Burton; Enhancing by Sam Holmes)
