The first flight of repatriated Australians from virus-ravaged India has been transferred to the Howard Springs quarantine facility after touching down at Darwin airport. About 80 returnees are understood to have made it onto the eight-and-a-half hour flight, which touched down about 9.25am AEST on Saturday. 'We've got to maintain our health settings because we know how damaging to the livelihoods of Australians an outbreak would be.' More than 9,000 Australians are registered as wanting to return, with about 900 of them said to be desperate or vulnerable. The 26 per cent positive rate among the 150 people considered for Saturday's flight is far higher than the 3.5 per cent rate registered in passengers on flights in March.

Source: Daily Mail May 15, 2021 02:44 UTC