General
Masks on flights and rapid testing for UK travel proposed as National Cabinet prepares for new coronavirus threat
National Cabinet is expected to approve a suite of new measures in response to the growing threat of the new and highly transmissible UK strain of coronavirus.
Key points:
- National Cabinet is meeting on Friday to review the threat of a new strain of coronavirus
- Masks are set to become mandatory on all flights and other measures are likely to be brought in
- A cleaner in Queensland is the first person to have the new strain in Australia
Premiers and chief ministers will be asked on Friday to urgently examine the new measures for overseas travellers.
They include mandatory mask use on all domestic and international flights.
Travellers from the UK will be required to undergo rapid testing pre-flight and post-flight that would deliver a result…
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