Health minister Mark Butler argues decision ‘will not come as any surprise to the Chinese government’
Asked if he accepted the decision would have diplomatic implications, Butler said the approach was no different to measures put in place in Europe, the US and Asia.
Infectious diseases physician Dr Sanjaya Senanayake told the ABC a cautious approach to the outbreak in China was appropriate. “It’s different to earlier in the pandemic when Australia was closed,” he said. “We didn’t have any Covid. We didn’t have any natural immunity. We didn’t have any vaccines and we were scared of letting Covid in.
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