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Australia pauses all flights from India amid COVID outbreak, readies aid package of ventilators and other medical supplies
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced all flights from India to Australia will be temporarily halted, as the South Asian country continues to deal with a record-breaking COVID outbreak that has plunged its medical system into chaos.
Key points:
- Direct flights between Australia and India will be paused until May 15
- Australia will also send send ventilators, oxygen supplies, masks, goggles, gloves and face shields to India
- There are currently around 8,000 Australians in India wanting to return home
The pause, which includes repatriation flights into the Howard Springs facility near Darwin, will last until May 15 and the decision will be reviewed before then.
Mr Morrison said indirect flights through other cities like Doha, Singapore…
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