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Government will cut back inbound flights from India

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More than 70 passengers barred from first repatriation flight from India after 40 test COVID positive.

The federal government is now scrambling to find other passengers to fill empty seats. Source: AAP

The government has announced it will reduce flights from India into Australia over concerns about the spread of COVID-19 in the country's hotel quarantine system.

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The government has announced it will reduce flights from India into Australia over concerns about the spread of COVID-19 in the country's hotel quarantine system.

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