Australian coronavirus victims had tested negative in Japan

Government agencies gather beside buses to be used to take evacuees to a quarantine facility after arriving in Darwin, Australia, on Feb. 20, 2020. The evacuees travelled from Japan after being stranded on the cruise ship Diamond Princess. - AP

SYDNEY (AFP): Two Australians evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship have tested positive for coronavirus on their return home, despite being cleared in Japan, authorities said Friday (Feb 21).

"We have two people who are positive for the Covid-19 virus. Those two people have mild illness," said Dianne Stephens, acting chief health officer for the Northern Territories.