Two travellers from Australia who ended up evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan have been identified with the coronavirus.

Brendan Murphy, chief clinical officer for the Australian governing administration, claimed in a statement that 164 evacuees from the cruise ship arrived at the Howard Springs Quarantine Facility on Thursday to begin their 14-working day quarantine.

But on arrival, 6 travellers ended up discovered to have small respiratory signs and symptoms or fevers. They have been moved into isolation and examined, where two analyzed constructive for the virus.

Murphy reported both of those individuals “keep on being nicely” and are staying housed in a special isolation unit at the quarantine facility. He added that “the growth of beneficial scenarios following return to Australia is not unforeseen” considering the fact that there was continued evidence of distribute of an infection onboard the Diamond Princess.

Australia now has 17 confirmed instances of the novel coronavirus.

Passengers departing: The Diamond Princess travellers are anticipated to proceed leaving the cruise ship right now, immediately after heading by means of 14 days of quarantine onboard.

The last travellers are anticipated to depart the ship in the future couple of days.

At least 626 instances of the coronavirus have been connected to the ship, such as the deaths of two Japanese travellers in their 80s.