Most Australian coronavirus cases coming from USA: Scott Morrison
By Nick Pearson
10:56am Mar 20, 2020
The
United States is the country of origin for most of the
coronavirus cases in Australia, the prime minister has said.
Speaking on
2GB this morning, Scott Morrison said now was the right time to close the nation's borders.
"We were able to slow the virus' start and spread in Australia through these early periods," Mr Morrison said.
"The country which has actually been responsible for a large amount of these (coronavirus cases) has actually been the United States.
"At the end of the day, that's a function of the number of people who travel between the US and Australia."
Eighty per cent of
coronavirus cases in Australia are people who have come in from overseas or have caught the disease directly from them.
Scott Morrison said most Australian coronavirus cases are connected to the United States. (AAP)
A failure to conduct adequate numbers of
coronavirus tests meant the United States appeared to have many more infections in recent weeks than had been announced.
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