The 241 evacuees, who arrived on the Australian-run Christmas Island off Australia’s northwest coast on Tuesday, will remain quarantined for 14 days, the maximum incubation period for the virus. “All travelers, I’m advised, have been examined, and there are no cases of confirmed coronavirus,” Hunt told reporters in Canberra. “Fourteen were looked at more closely to ensure they were in an acceptable condition and they have now all been cleared of the virus. An evacuation flight chartered by Air New Zealand Ltd is scheduled to leave Wuhan late on Tuesday, with 70 New Zealanders and 50 Australian citizens and permanent residents on board. The move has left many Chinese students at Australian universities unable to enter the country just as the university year is about to start.

Source: The Express Tribune February 05, 2020 04:35 UTC