Australian authorities won’t be banning flights from the UK, despite new cases of mutated COVID-19 strain

A mutated strain of COVID-19 spreading throughout south-east England has prompted a number of countries to ban flights from the United Kingdom.

But Australian authorities say they are not planning on imposing tougher restrictions anytime soon.

Here are the main reasons behind that decision explained by the country’s Chief Medical Officer, Paul Kelly.

Australia’s hotel quarantine system considered ‘very safe and effective’

Professor Kelly revealed four cases of the new COVID-19 strain had now been detected in Australia, up from the two reported in New South Wales on Monday.

But he argued Australia’s requirement for overseas travellers to spend 14 days in hotel quarantine…