International flights into Melbourne temporarily banned amid five-day lockdown
International travel into Victoria will be paused from Saturday as the state prepares to re-enter harsh stage four restrictions.
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International travel into Victoria will be paused from Saturday, with passengers currently on their way to the state to be put in hotel quarantine.
The Andrews Government on Friday afternoon confirmed passengers flights would be paused during the “circuit breaker” lockdown takes effect at midnight.
Anyone already in transit will be put into hotel quarantine on arrival and freight will continue as normal.
“We know this will be difficult news for people who are overseas and want to get home but our focus right now has to be taking this short, sharp action in response to this outbreak,” a government spokeswoman said.
“We will continue to assess the impact of the UK strain of the virus on our program and international arrivals, and will provide more information on the duration of this pause soon.”
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