Australia: The time is approaching when it will deal with the coronavirus like the flu

Its prime minister Australia He said that the country’s political leaders want to enter a new phase in which citizens will live with the coronavirus as if it were the flu, but will consult health experts.

A day after meeting with the country’s heads of state and federal leaders, Scott Morrison told reporters this morning that they were discussing the transition to “Phase D” of the national plan to respond to the pandemic.

“Our airports are open again, international arrivals can be made, there are now exemptions from quarantine for people returning, so we are pretty much in Phase D”he stated.

The leaders wanted to lift the requirement to isolate his close contacts coronavirus and will seek further advice on the matter from a committee of experts, he said.

The isolation regulation “deprives companies of staff,” said Morrison, whose Conservative government faces elections in May.

“We think we are pretty much in Phase D now, there are a few exceptions to that. “Phase D, remember, means we live with the virus like the flu,” he said.

Western Australia and Northern Territory will delay the lifting of restrictions in relation to the eastern states by one month.

Source: News Beast

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