New rules for returning travellers as Brisbane goes into lockdown

Returning Australians will have to test negative to COVID-19 before boarding coming home, in a bid to prevent the spread of a more contagious variant of COVID-19. It comes as greater Brisbane goes into a three-day lockdown.

People are seen in the baggage collection area after arriving on a Virgin Australia flight, Melbourne, Friday, January 8, 2021. Source: AAP

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