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Coronavirus latest updates: all arrivals in Australia must self-isolate for 14 days, says PM Coronavirus latest updates: all arrivals in Australia must self-isolate for 14 days, says PM
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The number of coronavirus infections in Japan rose to 1,484 on Sunday, increasing by a faster pace than the previous day, public broadcaster NHK reported. The total number of infections includes 697 from the Diamond Princess cruise ship and 14 returnees on charter flights from China, according to NHK data. Deaths in the country related to the virus stand at 29, up one from the previous day. The total number of deaths include 7 from the cruise ship.
Argentina has banned entry to non-residents who have traveled to a country highly affected by coronavirus in the last 14 days, the government officially announced late on Saturday. The ban was established for 30 days, according to the decree published in the official bulletin. The bulletin did not specify which countries would be included in the ban, though Argentina already temporarily stopped issuing visas to travellers from the United States, China, South Korea, Japan, Iran, Britain and many European countries. Argentina now has 45 cases of coronavirus, the health ministry said, up from 21 on March 12.
An update on American Airlines reducing its flights now: it plans to cut 75% of its international flights through May 6 and ground nearly all of its widebody fleet, the company said on Saturday.
The dramatic announcement by the largest US airline came hours after the White House said the United States would widen new travel restrictions on Europeans to include travellers in the United Kingdom and Ireland, starting Monday night.
South Australia has reported one new case of coronavirus, bringing the state’s total to 20.
Tasmania, Australia has suspended all cruise ship visits to its ports after the island state recorded its sixth coronavirus case, AAP reports. Shortly after the announcement, Australian prime minister Scott Morrison said the entire country will ban cruise ships from foreign ports for an initial 30 days.
Tasmanian premier Peter Gutwein said he will direct TasPorts, which runs the state’s ports, to suspend all cruise ship visits until June 30, as a precautionary measure.
A domestic cruise ship, carrying 43 mainly local passengers and which has been in Tasmanian waters since December 31, will make a final call to Hobart port on Sunday afternoon.
No passengers will disembark and it will depart later in the day.
Twelve cruise ship visits are scheduled during the period to June 30, including five to Hobart, five to Burnie and two to Port Arthur.
About 1400 passengers and staff abroad the Magnifica, which arrived in Hobart on Saturday, were told they could not return to the ship if they disembark, an MSC Cruises spokeswoman has told The Mercury.
Nobody on the ship has the illness but the captain made the call as a precaution to protect passengers’ health.
P&O Cruises Australia on Saturday announced a 30-day pause in cruise operations to the impact of coronavirus.
Still in Australia for a moment – just to wrap up that presser from Prime Minister Morrison and Deputy Chief Medical Officer Kelly, Australia is enforcing a mandatory 14-day self-quarantine for all travellers, including Australians, arriving from overseas.
Morrison says this requirement is legally enforceable, though he didn’t have the details of precisely how that might work or what the penalties for non-compliance might be.
Schools will remain open. No more handshakes.
“There’s no herd immunity,” says Dr Kelly.
The US source is a “major source” of cases in Australia, says Morrison.
The conference is over now, with a final message from the prime minister:
“So long as Australians keep being Australians we’ll get through this together.”
Australian prime minister Scott Morrison says he hopes Australians will not lose their “sense of Australianness”, in response to a question about how social distancing might work:
Is social distancing being instructedto schools, kids in schools? How is social distancing going to work?
Question: What is the penalty for committing the offence of not self-isolating?Question: What is the penalty for committing the offence of not self-isolating?
Morrison: That will be a matter for the states and territories.Morrison: That will be a matter for the states and territories.
Australian prime minister Scott Morrison is addressing media now. He says of the new self-quarantine requirement for all travellers arriving from overseas, including Australians:
Morrison says of cabinet:
Australian prime minister Scott Morrison: “No more handshakes.”
Australian deputy chief medical officer Paul Kelly says:
Dr Paul Kelly, Australia’s deputy chief medical officer, says – he seems to mean this reassuringly:
Australian deputy chief medical officer Paul Kelly is speaking now. He says:
On the decision not to close schools, Morrison says it was made for two reasons. One was the need to keep children from infecting other people outside schools. Second was the massive disruption it would cause on the economy.
Here is what he said:
Morrison also announces new social distancing measures.
Non-essential static gatherings of more than 500 people occurring across the states and territories will be banned. This recommendation will be overseen by the state and territory governments although Morrison said the police would not be enforcing it. He called on common sense judgment to carry it out.
Specfic guidelines coming about what restrictions could be placed on Anzac Day celebrations on 25 April.
Aged care visiting guidelines are a priority, he says, and will be announced soon.
School closures could be counter-productive, he says.
Scott Morrison says there will be universal self-isolation for 14 days for all arrivals at airports and cruise terminals starting from midnight tonight.
Morrison says he’s compared notes with his UK counterpart, Boris Johnson. He doesn’t say whether that has inspired him to copy Britain’s controversial “herd immunity” strategy where you hope millions get a mild dose and therefore immunise themselves.