Coronavirus latest updates: all arrivals in Australia must self-isolate for 14 days, says PM

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Tasmania, Australia has suspended all cruise ship visits to its ports after the island state recorded its sixth coronavirus case, AAP reports. Premier Peter Gutwein said he will direct TasPorts, which runs the state’s ports, to suspend all cruise ship visits until June 30, as a precautionary measure. A domestic cruise ship, carrying 43 mainly local passengers and which has been in Tasmanian waters since December 31, will make a final call to Hobart port on Sunday afternoon. No passengers will disembark and it will depart later in the day. Twelve cruise ship visits are scheduled during the period to June 30, including five to Hobart, five to Burnie and two to Port Arthur. About 1400 passengers and staff abroad the Magnifica, which arrived in Hobart on Saturday, were told they could not return to the ship if they disembark, an MSC Cruises spokeswoman has told The Mercury. Nobody on the ship has the illness but the captain made the call as a precaution to protect passengers’ health. P&O Cruises Australia on Saturday announced a 30-day pause in cruise operations to the impact of coronavirus.

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