Updated
April 06, 2020 07: 29: 37
Australians stuck in Argentina are pleading for a Government lifeline amid the extraordinary mass stranding of travellers around the world because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Key points:
- Dual citizen Brenda has called on the Australian Government to help her and her son fly home from Argentina
- Matt Chinery is stranded in India and wants the Government to “get us the hell out of here”
- Nathan Drane is grateful for the Government’s help in returning from Peru
A Facebook group of Australian citizens says there are 12 children and a pregnant woman among about 100 Australians unable to leave Argentina after President Alberto Fernandez declared an “absolutely inflexible” nationwide lockdown.
Anyone found breaching the stay-at-home orders faces arrest.
Dual citizen Brenda, who did not wish to use her last name, and her eight-month-old son Oliver travelled to Argentina to visit family before the pandemic was declared and found themselves stranded in the central city of Cordoba as the globa