Yoiur option is to wait because if you have been following the situation for the last couple of months you will know the government has spun out many opyions that never materialized.
Yes, I have read similar, in the neighborhood 2-3000, which you get back if everybody on your plane Tests negative. What I am trying to get to the bottom of is some people have posted you can then changed to an extended visa, not business, educational or work. Very hard to get the truth.