Australia has slammed shut a loophole that allowed travellers from India to dodge a flight ban through transiting in Qatar. Despite the ban, people who had been in India were allowed to fly to Australia after transiting through Qatar's capital Doha. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the loophole was closed shortly after their flight took off from Doha on Wednesday. 'Those transit passengers, the airlines advise us, are no longer coming through from Doha,' he told Sydney radio 2GB radio on Friday. Travellers departing India can get around Australia's ban by transiting through the Qatar capital of Doha.

Source: Daily Mail April 30, 2021 02:49 UTC