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'DO NOT TRAVEL': Australians banned from leaving the country in coronavirus crackdown

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has banned Australians from leaving the country, declaring that returning Australians are the greatest risk of spreading the deadly coronavirus.

“We are upgrading the travel ban on Australians to level 4 for the entire world,” he said.

“That is the first time that has ever happened in Australia's history. The travel advice to every Australian is do not travel abroad. Do not go overseas … that is very clear that instruction.”

Mr Morrison warned families to cancel all overseas holidays saying that a failure to comply would put Australians at risk.

“The biggest risk we have had and the biggest incidents of cases we have had, which Dr Murphy can go into, has been from Australians returning from overseas,” he said.

“From many countries that you wouldn't have expected that to be a source and so it is very important that Australians do not travel abroad at this time.

“That is an indefinite ban but, as you are seeing from other countries around the world, they are putting similar restrictions on entry, just as Australia has on others coming into Australia and you would expect that to be in place now and that is the stage we have reached."

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