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Melbourne Welcomes First International Flight In Five Months As COVID Curbs Ease

Australia’s second-largest city welcomed its first international passenger flight in five months on Monday, an arrival that will test the state of Victoria’s revamped hotel quarantine system.

The new system will greet Australians arriving on a flight from Sri Lanka, who will now no longer be allowed to leave their rooms under the new hotel quarantine restrictions. Australia has just 44 active cases remaining in the country, with most in hotel quarantine.