Australian couple’s race home for Christmas hampered by coronavirus complications

After months living through a global pandemic far from home, Alice Paterson and Chris King were looking forward to their move from Canada back to Western Australia.

But they were sent into a panic last week when several legs into their journey, they were told a booking error by their airline meant they were not going any further.

“Everything exploded in our faces and it was suddenly, ‘You aren’t going home, you’re stuck in Dubai,'” Ms Paterson said.