Coronavirus: One more Diamond Princess evacuee tested positive in Australia

Ar person evacuated from Diamond Princess cruise ship to Australia has been reportedly tested positive for coronavirus, taking number of confirmed cases to seven. According to international media reports, 57-year-old woman from Queensland will w remain in isolation overnight and will be later transported to her home state on a specialised medical retrieval plane. After being evacuated from cruise ship, group of 164 Australians are currently being held at facility in rrn Territory as part of 14-day quarantine period. 

An evacuation plane from Japan carrying group of Australians arrived in Darwin on February 20 and since n health authorities have also confirmed two Victorians and four ors, including a woman from Sourn Australian, a man from Western Australia and two people from Queensland, positive for dely virus. While speaking to an international media outlet, rrn Territory chief medical officer Dianne Stephens said that authorities will continue to screen every day with a very precautionary approach. Presently, evacuees from Diamond Princess cruise ship are in lockdown at a quarantine facility 30 kilometres south-east of Darwin's CBD. 

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First detected in city of Wuhan, in Hubei Province of China, virus outbreak has w spre across more than 25 countries since December 2019. More than 1,700 people have recovered from disease, whereas, nearly 12,500 coronavirus patients have by w been discharged from hospitals. World Health Organisation (WHO) has dubbed virus as COVID-19. 

Death toll surpasses 2,400

According to Hubei's health commission, death toll in China has also risen to over 2,400. authorities furr also reported 630 new confirmed cases which brought total within China to nearly 77,000. However, China has also reported a significant decline in new cases as well as deaths caused by dely virus.

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World Health Organisation has reportedly welcomed decline in new cases in China but continues to be concerned about growing number of infections in or countries. real disturbing trend, as reported by WHO, is that new cases have links to China such as travel history or contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19, prompting mystery around how se individuals were infected. WHO chief Tedros ham Ghebreyesus has also claimed that biggest fear for organisation is that virus will continue to spre to or countries and especially those with weaker health systems. 

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