After carrying life-saving oxygen equipment to India on Friday, a Qantas plane has returned on Saturday carrying Australians home from the CCP virus-ravaged country. The 75-80 repatriated citizens, residents, and their families arrived in Darwin on QF 112 at 9.25 a.m. on Saturday and boarded busses to quarantine at the Howard Springs facility in the Northern Territory. Meanwhile, around 40 people, along with 30 of their close contacts, were barred from boarding in India after they tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. All passengers underwent PCR and rapid antigen testing before the eight-and-a-half hour flight, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) said in a statement. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the controversial weeks-long pause in travel from India had worked, with active cases in hotel quarantine dropping more than 40 percent over the past few weeks. Foreign Minister Marise Payne …
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