Stephanie and Richard wave to Stephanie’s sister, Jackie, who is quarantining on the 13th floor of the Mercure Hotel in Haymarket after returning from Canada where she lost her job when COVID-19 hit.
More Australians have been returning home from overseas in recent months, but it is unlikely that all will be home before Christmas, a promise the government made in September. Nearly 40,000 Australians remain stranded abroad after air traffic closed down due to the outbreak of the epidemic 12 months ago.
Part of an ongoing series, COVID-19 Diaries.
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