Some Australians have left the coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan, bound for more isolation in Darwin

The evacuation flight for nearly 200 Australians stuck on a coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan is expected to leave for Darwin this morning.

The Australians stranded on a coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan are readying for a two-week isolation period at a facility near Darwin.

Buses carrying Australian passengers from the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship leave a port in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Japan.The evacuees have already spent more than two weeks quarantined on the ship in Yokohama, but will begin another 14-day isolation period at the facility to stem the spread of the virus.

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