A second repatriation flight from India has landed in Darwin with 165 Australians on board and they will now spend 14 days in quarantine in the Howard Springs facility. The flight left New Delhi late on Saturday and was the second such government-facilitated flight since the ban on arrivals from India was lifted. The first was marred by a huge number of positive COVID-19 results, leaving just 80 of the 150 seats filled. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is prioritising passengers who were barred from boarding the previous flight due to a positive test for future flights. All passengers who were unable to board last week’s plane had been contacted to arrange their return flight, a DFAT spokesperson said. Eight flights are scheduled by June 4, with NSW, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia, and Queensland volunteering to take returning Australians. Vulnerable Australians would be prioritised for those flights, …
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