BREAKING NEWS: Australia has announced a ban on travellers from Iran

Australia has announced a ban on travellers from Iran after the latest coronavirus figures given to authorities indicated a “very significant rise” of cases and the highest death rate outside of mainland China.

Federal health minister Greg Hunt on Saturday afternoon said the National Security Council had met and decided to lift the travel advisory for Iran to level four – “do not travel”.

This was as a consequence of the spread of coronavirus, the high death rate in Iran and the arrival in Australia of a case undetected upon a 63-year-old woman’s departure from Iran, Mr Hunt said.


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