But federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said the pressure was easing on quarantine, and national cabinet was focused on restarting flights as soon as the number of cases in quarantine eased.
Work to expand the Darwin site is also expected to be completed in mid-May, with arrivals set to reach 2000 per fortnight by June. Mr Hunt said it was hard to find a quarantine system anywhere in the world that had offered better protection than hotel quarantine. Around the world about 34,500 Australians are registered with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade as wanting to come home. The country with the largest number of registered Australians is India, with 9000 people wanting assistance to return. About 650 of those are listed as vulnerable.
rachelclun Three weeks... yeah sure... all should be mysteriously ok