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Quarantine pressure grows as infection rates now 18 times higher
Thursday March 18, 2021
Another eight cases of COVID-19 have been detected in Queensland hotel quarantine – six of those in travellers returning from Papua New Guinea.
Flights from Papua New Guinea are being restricted due to the country’s COVID-19 epidemic. (Supplied)
The news came a day after Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced travel from PNG would be restricted, with passenger flights into Cairns suspended and caps on flights into Brisbane reduced.
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