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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-05/coronavirus-travel-ban-korea-italy-china-iran/12027348

The Federal Government has expanded its coronavirus travel ban to include South Korea, and added additional precautions for travellers from Italy, amid fears about the spread of the disease.

The revised bans will be in place until Saturday, March 14 but the Government will review the situation within a week to determine if the travel restrictions need to be extended further.

Foreign nationals who have been in mainland China, Iran and South Korea are not allowed into Australia for 14 days from the time they left those countries.

Australian citizens and permanent residents will be able to enter Australia, but need to isolate themselves for a fortnight.

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The Government has also upgraded its travel advice to South Korea and is now urging Australians to reconsider their need to travel to the country.

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It has offered stricter travel advice for Daegu, a hotspot for coronavirus in South Korea, and urged Australians to not travel there.

Mr Morrison said South Korea posed a greater risk because it had five times the number of passengers travelling to Australia compared to Italy.

He said Cabinet's national security committee expanded the travel restrictions after receiving an update from state and federal chief medical officers.

"The reason we have taken this decision is because of the high level of visitation we are seeing from Korea, than we have seen come from Italy, and the ability to immediately put in place the enhanced screening measures for Italy," Mr Morrison said.

"To do that [for] Korea would be far more difficult.

"So that ban is put in place because it affords the best protection and enables us to slow down the rate of transmission."

 

I don't have any recommendations, but I'm sorry to hear about your botched surgeries and the pain they have caused you. I'm also based in Melbourne and had my first eyelid surgery at 17 with Dr Andrew Kim. However, the crease loosened after only six months so I'm looking into revision surgery too. Bumping this thread because I'd also like to know about any Asian blepharoplasty specialists based in Australia! ^^

For future reference, if you want to check if an Australian practitioner is indeed a registered specialist plastic surgeon, you can search their name in the register of practitioners on the AHPRA website and check what kind of registration they have. A practitioner who has undergone the full training to specialise in plastic surgery will have a specialist registration in plastic surgery on this registry. If they only have a general registration (like Dr Andrew Kim), run for the hills lol

You might already know about this, but in any case I hope it helps with your distrust of surgeons knowing that this information is readily available.

Best of luck for your search!