The Federal Government announces strict exemptions for Chinese high school students caught up in the travel ban so they can return to Australia.
, they will have to wait for any similar help from the Federal Government.
"We will obviously, based on the medical advice, next week also then look at international tertiary education students," Mr Tehan said.Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said medical authorities believed the virus had been contained in Australia and was slowing globally.Professor Murphy said allowing a small number of people in from mainland China would not pose a significant risk.
"The good news in the last few weeks from mainland China has been that there have been very, very few exported cases of this disease from mainland China — the last official count I saw was only about six," he said.A total of six Australians evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan had also been infected but were in a stable condition and being treated.
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