Australia closes borbders to stop (covid-19 – Novel Coronavirus)
A travel ban will be placed on all non-residents and non-Australian citizens coming to Australia, effective from 9pm on Friday.
In making the announcement on Thursday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison explained the delay was to enable people currently preparing to arrive in Australia to make other arrangements, while not trapping travellers currently mid-flight.
Morrison repeated the call for Australians to return home from overseas countries as soon as possible, and was working with Qantas to facilitate this.
