Many empty planes are seen sitting at gates at Tullamarine Airport in Melbourne. Australia announced on Sunday (March 15) that anyone arriving into the country will face mandatory 14-day self-isolation, in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus.- AFP
SYDNEY: Australia became the latest country in the Asia Pacific region to announce strict Covid-19 (coronavirus) measures on Sunday (March 15) , with new requirements that all arrivals from abroad must self-isolate for 14 days.
"To help stay ahead of this curve, we will impose a universal self-isolation requirement on all arrivals to Australia and it is effective from midnight tonight," Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in a press conference in Sydney.
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