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Overseas Arrivals May be Cut To Stop CCP Virus Outbreak in Australia
Australia has been warned it faces a pressure cooker moment as state premiers urge a dramatic reduction in international arrivals to stop coronavirus outbreaks.
Labor premiers in Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia are calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to reduce passenger caps.
“We are at a pressure cooker moment,” Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told reporters in Brisbane on Wednesday.
But Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews rejected calls to reduce caps, with the issue set to be high on the agenda at Friday’s national cabinet meeting.
“We need to learn to live and to work in the COVID environment in which we find ourselves,” she told reporters on the Gold Coast.
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Asian Markets Display Mixed Trend Amid Virus Concerns
CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stock markets are trading mixed on Thursday, following the mixed cues overnight from Wall Street as the surge in infections due to the delta variant of the coronavirus, and curbs on travel in several countries raised some uncertainty about the pace of global economic rebound and rendered the mood cautious. Asian markets closed mixed on Wednesday.
It is also feared that more countries will likely impose stricter restrictions on movements if the spread of the virus does not show signs of slowing down sometime soon. Investors seemed wary of creating fresh positions, despite recent reassurances from the Federal Reserve that they will continue with their accommodative monetary policies.
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Australia has been warned it faces a pressure cooker moment as state premiers urge a dramatic reduction in international arrivals to stop coronavirus outbreaks.
Labor premiers in Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia are calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to reduce passenger caps. We are at a pressure cooker moment, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told reporters in Brisbane on Wednesday.
But Home Affairs Minster Karen Andrews rejected calls to reduce caps, with the issue set to be high on the agenda at Friday s national cabinet meeting. We need to learn to live and to work in the COVID environment in which we find ourselves, she told reporters on the Gold Coast.