International travellers returning to Australia to be sent to quarantine facilities for two weeks

Thousands of Australians returning to the country will be quarantined in hotels and other accommodation facilities for two weeks before being allowed to go home, under new measures to control the spread of coronavirus.

Returning overseas travellers line up in the arrivals area of Sydney Airport. Source: Twitter

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the decision on Friday afternoon, saying the arrangement would ensure returned travellers complied with the self-quarantine requirements and limit the risk of them passing on COVID-19 to family members.

"If their home is in South Australia or in Perth or in Tasmania and they have arrived in Melbourne, they will be quarantining in Melbourne. If it's in Sydney, it will be if Sydney. If it's Brisbane, and so on," Mr Morrison said.

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