Queensland premier wants all flights from India suspended amid COVID crisis

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk wants the federal government to halt all flights from India as the COVID-19 outbreak there worsens.

Cabinet’s national security committee will meet on Tuesday to discuss harsher further measures and decide on assistance for the ailing country.

Palaszczuk said all inbound flights from India must be suspended to protect Australia from the strain of the virus ravaging India.

“Other countries have done a temporary suspension. I don’t think it would be…