Australia to quarantine international arrivals in virus fight
[CANBERRA] Australian authorities will quarantine anyone arriving in the nation's airports to slow the spread of the coronavirus, amid concern some residents returning home were failing to self-isolate.
The defence force will be deployed to enforce the measures, Prime Minister Scott Morrison told reporters Friday after a meeting of the National Cabinet.
The government has moved incrementally to shut down society, closing pubs and casinos, barring non-essential travel and closing its borders to non-residents. Yet still the number of infections has grown, reaching 2,985 on Friday and 13 deaths.
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