Health Minister GregHuntMP says no Australians being held in quarantine in Darwin or on Christmas Island have tested positive for CoViD-19 (coronavirus).
Health Minister Greg Hunt says no Australians being held in quarantine in Darwin or on Christmas Island have tested positive for CoViD-19 .
If there are no positive tests, the Christmas Island evacuees will begin to return home from February 17 - for those in Darwin, their 14-day quarantine period is set to expire on February 23. Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne made it clear it was unlikely any Australians still trapped in Wuhan would be returning home soon. "We are not considering a third flight at this time, Minister Payne said.
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