Australian PM announces travel ban on all non-residents

All non-residents will be banned from entering Australia as COVID-19 is spreading globally, according to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday afternoon.

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To be effective from Friday night, the ban followed declaration of an unprecedented human biosecurity emergency on March 18.

Australian citizens will be able to return, but will be subject to a mandatory 14-day self-isolation.

According to the Department of Health of the Australian government, there have been 565 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of 6:30 a.m. local time on March 19, a 24% increase from the day before.

Of those cases, 259, or 45%, were considered to be overseas acquired.