Frank wrote Yesterday at 10:27am:
Measles outbreaks in South-East Asia bringing cases to Australia
A surge in measles in South-East Asia is bringing cases of the highly infectious disease to Australian shores, prompting warnings from health authorities.
Vietnam and Thailand are experiencing measles outbreaks, with health professionals concerned about vaccination rates against the disease.
In Vietnam, the health ministry reported a whopping 130-fold increase in measles cases in 2024 compared to the previous year.
ABC.
2024
I've said this before and I'll say it again.
When is the government - any government for that matter - going to finally "grow a set" and start addressing the "elephant in the room"?
And by that I mean when are they going to start taxing the airlines to help pay for all the health costs caused by having to deal with all these diseases that they (the airlines) spread around the world 365 days a year with (apparently) zero effort made to do anything about it?
Of course, pigs will fly before that happens and, if by some miracle it did, no doubt the costs would be passed on to flyers with increased air fares. Good, stuff 'em I say. If they can afford to fly they can afford to pay a bit extra for their tickets as well.
It's not the airlines.
It's government giving visas to people from high risk countries - whether the risk is terrorism, health or immigration fraud.
It is not the airlines responsibility to check every countries' health and immigration requirements.