'Do Not Go Overseas': Aussie PM Calls on Citizens to Avoid International Travel

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has advised Australians not to travel abroad in a bid to stem the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus.

“The travel advice to every Australian is 'do not travel abroad,'" Morrison said in a national broadcast Wednesday morning, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. "Do not go overseas. That is very clear that instruction. For those who are thinking of going overseas in the school holidays, don’t. Don’t go overseas.”

Morrison noted that schools would remain open during the crisis, which he predicted might take six months to subside.

As of Wednesday morning local time, Australia had at least 400 cases of coronavirus identified, according to a New York Times database.

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