The first international flight to land in Melbourne since June has touched down at Melbourne Airport.
Key points:
- A flight from Sri Lanka is the first international arrival at Melbourne Airport since June
- Eight overseas flights will land in Melbourne today
- Victoria's Health Minister is confident the revamped hotel quarantine system will work
The flight, from Colombo, is one of five international flights due to land in Melbourne this morning, with three more expected in the afternoon and evening.
Passengers arriving from overseas will go straight into Victoria’s revamped hotel quarantine system.
More than 170 Australian Defence Force personnel are now involved in the scheme, temperature checking staff and helping to manage the entry and exit of travellers into hotels.
Victoria Police will be in charge of all aspects of security within quarantine hotels.
Victoria's Health Minister, Martin Foley, is confident the state's hotel quarantine system won't fail again.
"No system is 100 per cent foolproof, as we saw in Sydney over the weekend, as we've seen in Adelaide and a few other places," he said
"What we are certain of is we have an incredibly rigorous system, we've learned a lot over the course of 2020, we have no contractors, the system is run by the police and is overseen by the Australian Defence Force.
"We are as confident as we can be that we have a rigorous infection control and prevention system to keep us all safe while making sure 36,000 Australians can get home as soon as possible."
The arrival of international flights comes after New South Wales Police admitted wrongly allowing two German travellers to go from Sydney to Melbourne over the weekend.
The 53-year-old woman and 15-year-old boy tested negative to coronavirus and are now in mandatory quarantine.
Health Minister Martin Foley said there are exemptions that potentially allow for people to bypass quarantine, but this was not one of those instances.
"For instance, if you fly into Sydney today and you've got a relative who is very ill and perhaps about to die, then there is a system in place where you can, under really strict controls, get an exemption," he said.
"When they're random events like we saw over the weekend, that's a concern, but I am pleased that New South Wales Police fronted up and owned the issue and that we won't see that occur again."
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