Seven Australian evacuees from Japan cruise ship test positive for coronavirus

Seven cases of coronavirus have now been confirmed among a group of 164 Australians who were evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship.

Seven coronavirus cases have now been confirmed among the Australian residents evacuated to the Northern Territory from the Diamond Princess. Source: SBS

The first group of Australians evacuated from China's Wuhan province to a Darwin camp are expected to be released following 14 days in quarantine.

About 266 people will leave the Howard Springs quarantine camp on Sunday, after they were evacuated earlier this month from the epicentre of the coronavirus at Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province.

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