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Indirect routes to Australia from India via Doha, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore have been banned. Sydney International airport on Feb. 28, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Edwina Pickles - Pool/Getty Images
Australia is yet to add other countries to its high-risk list as India’s COVID-19 crisis sees almost 400,000 daily new cases added to a tally of human misery.
Australians trying to return from India as the country faces an escalating coronavirus crisis now face fines or jail time for getting on a plane.