Another 70 people aboard a quarantined cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total to 355 cases
The US is sending an aircraft to Japan to bring back US passengers on the Diamond Princess. The Australian embassy in Tokyo emailed citizens aboard the cruise ship to say the federal government is also examining options to assist Australians.
The embassy told citizens it understood it was a"very stressful" situation for them and that Australian medical officers were working closely with Japanese authorities to support them.assessed by experts as a precautionary measure. A risk assessment will be completed for each cruise ship arriving into the harbour city before it berths and then a decision will be made by health authorities whether to disembark passengers. There are 2,009 new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus in mainland China, bringing its total number of confirmed cases to 68,500. The federal government last week extended the two-week travel ban from mainland China for another seven days to prevent the spread of COVID-19, raising concerns among businesses and universities that rely on Chinese visitors and students.No quarantined Australians at Christmas Island and Darwin have tested positive for the virus and the first group of evacuees are due to return home on Monday. Of the 15 coronavirus cases in Australia, six have been cleared and the remaining nine are all stable. In China, the total number of people infected by the virus rose to more than 66,000 on Saturday, with the number of deaths passing 1500.
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