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Australians stranded overseas ‘exhausted’ as Victoria’s coronavirus hotel quarantine remains closed
For the third time in the past year, Georgina Trigg and her family have been packing up their belongings and preparing to leave Dubai.
But their upcoming plans were again thrown into chaos over the weekend by a familiar email: Their flight into Melbourne had been cancelled.
Key points:
- Ms Trigg’s family was told the cancellation was due to Victoria’s pause on international arrivals
- A Melbourne woman who returned via Sydney says Victoria has a reputation for being unreliable with hotel quarantine
- The government says it is appropriate flights remain on hold until a review into more virulent strains is complete
Victoria “paused” international flights in mid-February, when Premier Daniel Andrews announced a snap five-day lockdown. But it is…
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