Australia’s prime minister, Scott Morrison, has announced that officials will slash overseas arrivals to the country by around 50%, as the nation battles to contain Covid outbreaks that have forced four cities into lockdown.
From the middle of July, Australia will cut the overseas arrivals quota to 3,000 to reduce the risk of importing new strains into the country, such as the Delta variant, which has fuelled Covid outbreaks in major cities. Although, while restricting non-Australian arrivals, the government will increase repatriation flights to bring its own citizens home.
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