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Fears that floodgates might open as PNG travel caps are lifted tonight
Tuesday April 13, 2021
A cap on the number of passengers flying in from Papua New Guinea will be raised at midnight. It was crucial in allowing Queensland Health to get recent outbreaks under control.
More passengers are due to fly in to Queensland from Papua New Guinea.(Supplied)
In an extraordinary move, the Palaszczuk government asked the Morrison government to impose the lower cap so it could deal with community-acquired COVID-19 cases in greater Brisbane.
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