Malka Leifer is due to be extradited from Israel to Australia, but how do you do do that during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Six years after Australia first put in a request for extradition, Israel signed an extradition order last week to send former Melbourne school principal Malka Leifer back to Australia.

Ms Leifer is accused of abusing three sisters during her time as headmistress of the Adass Israel School between 2001 and 2008 and faces 74 charges of sexual abuse.

But now that an order has been signed, there are still questions over what happens next in the process and when Ms Leifer is due to arrive in Australia.

Here’s what we know.

A quick summary of the case

Ms Leifer, an Israeli citizen, left Australia for Israel in 2008.

Australia lodged an extradition request for Ms Leifer in 2014, but the case has been repeatedly delayed.