Australia is yet to add other countries to its high-risk list as India’s COVID-19 crisis sees almost 400,000 daily new cases added to a tally of human misery. Australians trying to return from India as the country faces an escalating coronavirus crisis now face fines or jail time for getting on a plane. Travellers from India are banned from entering Australia at least until May 15, when the decision will be reassessed. Indirect routes from India via Doha, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore have also been banned. On Friday night, Health Minister Greg Hunt announced anyone who attempted to defy the rules would be hit with fines of up to $66,600 or five years in prison, or both. More than 9,000 Australians in India are registered as wanting to return, including 650 people registered as vulnerable. The decision is based on the number of positive cases from India detected in …
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