12/12/2021
Protecting Australia from the new 'Omicron' COVID 19 variant :
https://youtu.be/YknZPO08AeQ
The Australian Government has announced new border security measures to protect Australians from the Omicron variant.
• Effective immediately, anyone who is not a citizen or permanent resident of Australia, or their immediate family including parents of citizens, and who have been in African countries where the Omicron variant has been detected and spread – within the past 14 days – will not be able to enter Australia. The countries are: South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Seychelles, Malawi and Mozambique
• Australian citizens and permanent residents, immediate family members including parents arriving from these countries will need to go into immediate supervised quarantine for 14 days subject to jurisdictional arrangements
• Anyone who has already arrived in Australia and who has been in any of the nine countries within the past 14 days must immediately isolate themselves and get tested for COVID-19 and follow jurisdictional quarantine requirements which will include quarantine for 14 days from the time of departure from southern Africa
• These restrictions also apply to people, for instance international students and skilled migrants, arriving from the safe travel zones we have established with New Zealand, Singapore, Japan and Republic of Korea, who have been in any of the nine countries within the past 14 days
• The Government will suspend all flights from the nine southern African countries for a period of 14 days as a matter of precaution
Australian Government has announced new border security measures to protect Australians from the Omicron variant.• Effective ...
