[FONT="]We now advise all Australians to reconsider your need for overseas travel at this time
[/FONT]Australians have been urged to reconsider any “non-essential” overseas travel, as the government ramps up its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison advised all Aussies to reconsider any overseas travel they may have planned.
“We have also decided through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade that we now advise all Australians to reconsider your need to travel overseas at this time, regardless of your destination, age or health – if your travel is not essential, consider carefully whether now is the right time,” Mr Morrison told reporters this afternoon.
“So we are effectively putting in place what is called a level three travel advice for travel of Australians overseas.