Coronavirus evacuation flight from Wuhan touches down in Darwin

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A Qantas flight carrying 266 people who have been evacuated from the coronavirus epicentre in Wuhan, China has landed in Darwin.

A team of DFAT officers and our AUSMAT partners flew to Wuhan to coordinate the second flight to bring Australians home.

The Qantas plane was originally scheduled to leave Wuhan on Friday night but did not get clearance to land from China and spent Saturday in Hong Kong.Christmas Island was unable to house another couple of hundred evacuees. Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly revealed on Saturday that one of the people there - a young Australian girl - had been tested for the virus after developing an illness."That person is well, it is certainly not a serious illness at this stage," he told reporters.Authorities have also just become aware of a third cruise ship, located somewhere between Japan and Guam, affected by the new coronavirus.

Another ship at Yokohama in Japan with 3700 people on board has 219 Australians who are well and another seven who are among 64 passengers to have tested positive.Australia has so far had 15 confirmed coronavirus cases: five in Queensland, four each in NSW and Victoria and two in South Australia.

 

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Who owns it and why is it not being used for the homeless.? Secret prison? Work camp . For who and what work?

Funny how they say the death rate is so low.......

Wondering who owns the mine accommodation and what the rent is like ?

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