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Families who have been granted an exemption to have their children brought from India to Australia say they are relieved but hope the process can be made smoother for others.
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Repatriated Australians in the Northern Territory who ve been in interstate hotel quarantine will now have to be re-tested for COVID-19 after they leave the facility.
It comes amid fears the variant of the virus first detected in India could be spread by returned travellers who ve completed their mandatory 14-day quarantine period.
The tests will be required three days after they leave hotel quarantine or on day 17 if they come to the NT, Chief Minister Michael Gunner told reporters on Monday. This is a direction that reduces the risk to Territorians from interstate hotel quarantine, he said. I acknowledge it will be an inconvenience but we ve always said we ll do whatever it takes to keep Territorians safe.
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For the past three days, despite being in hotel quarantine, Harpinder Romana has not been able to wipe the smile off her face.
She was reunited with her three-year-old daughter Ashlyn over the weekend after 15 months apart. I don t know how to say in words, but I am loving every moment I m spending with her in here, she said.
Like many Australian children, the little girl had been staying with grandparents in India before becoming stuck due to the coronavirus travel bans.
The reunion was only made possible through the kindness of a fellow Indian Australian, Yadwinder Singh, who Ms Romana contacted through Facebook to accompany Ashlyn on a commercial flight to Australia via Doha.
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When Perth man Yadwinder Singh arrived back in Australia from India last week, he brought a priceless gift - the young child of a total stranger.
But after 15 months living with her grandmother in India, Ashlyn was finally able to come home to Sydney on Friday thanks to Mr Singh, who her mother reached out to on social media.
He had been in India since October 2020, having travelled to see his unwell mother.
Yadwinder had been in India since October 2020, having travelled to see his unwell mother.
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As Mr Singh was preparing to come home, Ashlyn’s mother reached out to him over Facebook.