The evacuees arrived in Darwin this morning. (Photo by the Daily Telegraph)
A large number of australians aboard the new crown virus cruise ship, the princess diamond, embarked on their way home in tokyo in the early hours of this morning and arrived in darwin this morning, but dozens remained in japan because they were infected or unwilling to leave.
About 180 australian citizens and permanent residents aboard the "horror cruise" have accepted an evacuation plan for australia`s government, which leaves early in the morning from haneda airport, near the port of yokohama, where the cruise is called, for darwin.
But of the 180,10 were told their new coronavirus test was positive rather than leave, meaning only 170 people ended up on the evacuation flight. There is a family in the last minute before leaving to learn that her daughter is infected with the new coronavirus.
Fifteen more Australians have already chosen to stay in Japan to stay close to their newly infected families.
Australians take the bus to Haneda Airport. (Photo by the Daily Telegraph)
Qantas`Boeing 747 flew over Philippine airspace at 6.15am this morning and arrived at its destination, Darwin, around 8am central Australian time.
Prior to the plane`s landing, autharies will examine the Australians five times for symptoms of a new coronavirus and send them to Howard Springs,30km southeast of Darwin, for quarantine.
Although they have been quarantined on the Diamond Princess for more than 14 days, Australia`s government will require them to remain quarantined for 14 days at this work camp for the sake of security.
Another 266 australians evacuated from wuhan, china, a week ago were quarantined in howard prince, but autharies will separate them.
Health officials noted that a large number of the Australians who had returned from the Diamond Princess had a medical examination every day. Most of these Australian tourists are said to be in their 80s.
As of thursday morning,46 australians on the princess diamond carrying 3,700 passengers and staff had been diagnosed with the new crown virus, an increase of 10 in a day.
None of the 46 australians have been able to evacuate, and authoris says they will receive treatment from japan.
Paul Kelly, Australia`s acting chief medical officer, believes that while quarantine measures imposed by Japan`s authorities on the cruise ship have succeeded in preventing the virus from spreading on land, they have led to a continued surge in confirmed cases on board.
"This proves how infectious the virus is and how easy it is to spread in confined spaces like cruise ships. "
Moshi woman at last informed of the disease Family in Japan
At a time when most people are happy to get on a charter flight back home, a Melbourne family is having the bad news and having to stay in Japan.
Aun Na Tan, a spokeswoman, said the family had packed up their bags to prepare the leaf "Princess Diamond" but had been told their daughter Kaitlyn had tested positive for the new coronavirus.
Tan Ona wrote on social media:" We were about to move out of our luggage when the call to inform us of the results of the test on Monday came. "
Authorities offered the family an adult to take care of their daughter, and other family members withdrew darwin`s choice but were rejected.
Tan Ona said:" We`re not going to get on the plane... Our family will stay together. "
"Princess Diamond" passengers risk more than evacuees from Wuhan
On the other hand, Australians who were allegedly evacuated from the Diamond Princess were at greater risk of contracting the new crown virus than those who had withdrawn from Wuhan.
More than 600 of the 3,600 people on board have already contracted the virus. Japanese reported that up to 70 percent of those infected had no symptoms, but tested positive.
Tan also said that although her daughter`s virus test was positive, she looked healthy.
"Things weren`t very good when we first learned about the new coronavirus," she told Radio 9. But I think we`ve seen a lot, and we`ve got a lot of wonderful information, information from family. "
"Everything will be fine, she`ll be fine. "
The quarantine of the 266 people who were evacuated from Wuhan and quarantined in Darwin will end on Sunday, and Qantas said it would provide them with free tickets to return from Darwin to their respective cities.
