Emergency government-funded flights will send $800million worth of seafood to Asia in a bid to keep Australian exporters alive during the coronavirus crisis - and bring back vital medical supplies for the country. The freight planes are part of a $170million exporter support package and will return with vital medical supplies and equipment to help Australia fight against COVID-19. Pictured: Medical supplies for COVID-19 testing. 'We are very keen to make that available to the government first and foremost if they need it for medical supplies and respirators and those sorts of things.' It follows a video emerging showing 90 tonnes of Australian medical supplies being exported to China just weeks before the crisis reached pandemic levels.

Source: Daily Mail March 31, 2020 20:43 UTC