Scott Morrison, PM: Australia has avoided 30K deaths due to strict measures

Melbourne, May 18 Pledging that he would not risk Australian lives, PM Scott Morrison on Tuesday said strict measures adopted by his government had avoided 30,000 deaths in the country due to the “raging” pandemic in developing countries. Scott Morrison,...

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Updated At : 12:56 PM May 19, 2021 IST

Melbourne, May 18

Pledging that he would not risk Australian lives, PM Scott Morrison on Tuesday said strict measures adopted by his government had avoided 30,000 deaths in the country due to the “raging” pandemic in developing countries.

Scott Morrison, PM

Working out plans

We are working on plans to enable vaccinated Australians to be able to travel around Australia and overseas with different quarantine arrangements.

Morrison termed the emergence of new virus strains was a “great risk”. He said all vaccines being administered across the world might not be equipped to deal with the new virus variants. However, he assured that his government was taking decisions based on the best medical advice available currently. — PTI