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We are expecting a news conference from the Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, shortly.
Australia now has 34 cases of coronavirus, after a 20-year-old man from China has been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Passengers from Australia, New Zealand and the UK on board a Princess Cruises liner have been met by violent protests in Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean due to fears over coronavirus.
The Sun Princess docked early on Sunday with 2,000 passengers on board. It is owned by Princess Cruises, the same company that owns the Diamond Princess which quarantined by Japanese authorities with 3,700 on board in Yokohama after a passenger tested positive for Covid-19.
Related: Cruise ship passengers threatened by protesters on Réunion Island as coronavirus fears rise
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