Scott Morrison reportedly considering plan to evacuate Australians on the virus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship

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Scott Morrison reportedly considering plan to evacuate Australians on the virus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship
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About 200 Australians stranded on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship off Japan are waiting to find out whether they will be flown home as American passengers were taken off the virus-hit ship.

The preparations come as NSW Health said passengers arriving into Sydney on some cruise ships will be assessed by experts as a precautionary measure.

In China, the total number of people infected by the virus has risen to more than 68,500, with the number of deaths now at 1665. The Diamond Princess anchored in Japan. The virus-hit cruise ship accounted for 355 people who have been infected with the disease.The Diamond Princess was placed in a 14-day quarantine in early February after a former passenger tested positive for the virus.

"I am happy and ready to go," Ms Arana said before leaving the ship."We need a proper quarantine, this was not it."The US government should have intervened"much sooner, at the beginning," the 52-year-old medical social worker said.

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