Australia has said that it would increase the number of citizens allowed to return home each week to 6,000 as it manages to get new Covid-19 infections under control.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the cap on the number of people allowed into Australia each week would increase by 2,000 by mid October after a National Cabinet meeting where states agreed to boost quarantine capacity.
The country's weekly limit is currently set at 4,000 people. Mr Morrison said there were an estimated 24,000 stranded Australians wanting to return home which the government has pledged to facilitate before Christmas. "With the success we have had as a country in recent months, we can start opening up again and we can start helping Australians getting home