More than 200 people caught on Diamond Princess by the coronavirus outbreak will be taken to camp outside Darwin

More than 200 people stranded on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan by the coronavirus outbreak will be flown to the Northern Territory, where they must remain in quarantine for a further 14 days.

Scott Morrison said on Monday that 209 Australians still aboard the cruise ship, in quarantine in Yokohama since 3 February when cases of Covid-19 were discovered on board, would be brought to Australia on a Qantas charter flight on Wednesday.

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The first group Australians quarantined on Christmas Island due to coronavirus have landed in Sydney. All in positive spirits, one described her time, though as "like a relaxed jail". @SBSNews pic.twitter.com/pEFEmUzB4B

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