Aust increasingly using law in virus fight

By Luke Costin
Updated March 28 2020 - 8:38pm, first published 8:33pm
A mandatory quarantine is looming for travellers from this weekend due to the coronavirus.
A mandatory quarantine is looming for travellers from this weekend due to the coronavirus.

Australian governments are now turning to police-managed quarantine measures and the threat of fines and jail to battle coronavirus, as the death toll reaches 14.

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