All International Arrivals into Australia to self isolate for 14 days

[onemore]

So it seems that some places are already not willing to take the risk of people returning from overseas stay with them.
Maybe I made the mistake of being honest an upfront with them, lesson learnt.

 

[kiwitripper64]

Has anyone had difficulties with transit at airports? Will other countries follow the 14 day self isolation and implement that for anyone landing at the airport?
Is the Australian self isolation required for any one, or are Aus transit exempt.
In NZ I dont think you can fly to the pacific countries at all from transit.Strict exit measures are being imposed to protect the Pacific, barring anyone who has been overseas from travelling to South Pacific islands for two weeks, and barring anyone who has had symptoms or been in contact with anyone with Covid-19 from travelling there.
What happens if you fly international into Syd and then have a flight to another domestic location?

 

[onemore]

So if I book a flight out leaving the same day as I arrive, I should be able to go through the international transfer section, thus not physically entering Australia, hand luggage only.
Thoughts please folks.

Post automatically merged: Mar 16, 2020

Head to somewhere like Thailand for a month?

Thanks, my thought exactly.

 

[get me outta here]

This is about safety not your convenience and so yes you should definitly be honest. I don’t want to think about people who are returning from overseas and endangering other people. Which is what you seem to be suggesting.

So it seems that some places are already not willing to take the risk of people returning from overseas stay with them.
Maybe I made the mistake of being honest an upfront with them, lesson learnt.

 

[moa999]

Latest guidelines allow domestic transits

https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2020/03/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-international-travellers_0.pdf

 

[get me outta here]

Follow up : V'landys' tone-deaf cash grab in the middle of coronavirus crisis

Interesting article on one entitled cloth eared sports person wanting lots of taxpayer dollars (and previously getting it), for his extremely overpaid big people. V'landys' tone-deaf cash grab in the middle of coronavirus crisis

I heard some type of football person speaking this morning about how bad it all was and that he wanted the tax payer to bail them out. Yeah right. Hopefully the taxpayer rorts have stopped now.

 

[dajop]

So new requirements came into effect since midnight. Was almost going to risk coming down to MEL on EK 404 from SIN. Seems they pulled into the gate at 23:59 (scheduled 00:20). Wonder if they were subject to new controls (based on immigration time of pax) or not (based on flight arrival time).

 

[onemore]

This is about safety not your convenience and so yes you should definitly be honest. I don’t want to think about people who are returning from overseas and endangering other people. Which is what you seem to be suggesting.

Depends how you read it, which is why I said I will settle for a tent in the bush if worse comes to worse.

 

[get me outta here]

It is not how a person reads your post it’s what you meant. And your post 101 above reads that you think you learned that you should not tell people you have just arrived from overseas when they are self isolating and it is inconvenient for you. Happy to have you explain if that’s not what you meant.

Depends how you read it, which is why I said I will settle for a tent in the bush if worse comes to worse.

 

[onemore]

let me expand the subject where I did not reveal all.
yesterday I contacted an establishment and explained that I will be arriving from overseas after being away for 3 days, and that due to the virus concerns I will need to self isolate myself for a week, this was before the P.M. made the announcement of the 14 day self isolation, a price was agreed upon and an arrangement put in place that I would do my own linen change to protect their staff, once again I agreed to that
This morning said establishment cancelled the reservation citing the P.M’s announcement as the reason.

 

[glennp]

Returned to SYD from HKG this morning to a very long line for immigration. Smartgate had been turned off presumably to ensure everyone was told about self isolation requirements by a person. Problem was a large number of people were packed into in a confined space. The guy behind me was continually coughing his guts up. When somebody asked an official whether they could go to the shops the official told them they could. WTF! Aust. Border Force were doing the best they could but clearly even the NRL could have planned this better.

 

[opusman]

So if I book a flight out leaving the same day as I arrive, I should be able to go through the international transfer section, thus not physically entering Australia, hand luggage only.
Thoughts please folks.

I don't understand why you would do this. Why come to Australia at all? Stay where you are, or go somewhere else direct.

 

[Beano]

I'm wondering how long the 14 days will be sustainable. Surely there must be better ways of profiling pax to minimise the risk of infection. If business find that webinars and video meetings work, they might get to like it after the fuss is over and not go back to travelling. On the other hand my work entails viviting buildings all over Australia, so that won't work for me. Can't wait to get back to travelling to OZ. At home in NZ two weeks and getting stir crazy already.

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Yes, I'm a travel junkie.

 

[onemore]

I don't understand why you would do this. Why come to Australia at all? Stay where you are, or go somewhere else direct.

I am already overseas somewhere and leaving tonight to Melbourne.

 

[Revenge]

Well not really. Connecting flights from international terminals have to fly after arrival.

Has anyone had difficulties with transit at airports? Will other countries follow the 14 day self isolation and implement that for anyone landing at the airport?
Is the Australian self isolation required for any one, or are Aus transit exempt.
In NZ I dont think you can fly to the pacific countries at all from transit.Strict exit measures are being imposed to protect the Pacific, barring anyone who has been overseas from travelling to South Pacific islands for two weeks, and barring anyone who has had symptoms or been in contact with anyone with Covid-19 from travelling there.
What happens if you fly international into Syd and then have a flight to another domestic location?

Latest guidelines allow domestic transits

https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2020/03/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-international-travellers_0.pdf

I was just chatting to someone who had a family member return home to Australia today, he was let straight onto his connecting domestic flight in Sydney. It's hardly isolation if domestic flights have foreign visitors on them.

 

[Pushka]

I was just chatting to someone who had a family member return home to Australia today, he was let straight onto his connecting domestic flight in Sydney. It's hardly isolation if domestic flights have foreign visitors on them.

Agree which is why I asked as soon as the ban came in. But in reality what else can we do?

Post automatically merged: Mar 16, 2020

I'm wondering how long the 14 days will be sustainable. Surely there must be better ways of profiling pax to minimise the risk of infection. If business find that webinars and video meetings work, they might get to like it after the fuss is over and not go back to travelling. On the other hand my work entails viviting buildings all over Australia, so that won't work for me. Can't wait to get back to travelling to OZ. At home in NZ two weeks and getting stir crazy already.

Post automatically merged: Mar 16, 2020

Yes, I'm a travel junkie.

There will be a tipping point. Just as there was with swine flu. The restriction is to delay that point as long as possible to manage limited resources. That's what happened with swine flu. They stopped testing for it eventually.

 

[dajop]

I was just chatting to someone who had a family member return home to Australia today, he was let straight onto his connecting domestic flight in Sydney. It's hardly isolation if domestic flights have foreign visitors on them.

It's risk reduction not risk elimination. If it were closer to the latter, anyone arriving on a flight would be moved to quarantine.

I guess what are people expected to do instead? Rent a car to drive the xx hrs home or wait for the next train or bus service, which comes with risks as well.

 

[opusman]

I am already overseas somewhere and leaving tonight to Melbourne.

Yes I know. But why do that if you're just going to get straight back on a flight to somewhere else?

 

[onemore]

It's risk reduction not risk elimination. If it were closer to the latter, anyone arriving on a flight would be moved to quarantine.

I guess what are people expected to do instead? Rent a car to drive the xx hrs home or wait for the next train or bus service, which comes with risks as well.

I wonder what the visitors that arrived this morning are going to do, or where are they going to stay as from my experience some places are loathe to do the 14 day self confinement thing.

 

[onemore]

Yes I know. But why do that if you're just going to get straight back on a flight to somewhere else?

I haven’t got anywhere to stay for the 14 days.