Diamond Princess evacuee update

Department of Health

An elderly gentleman from Victoria is being transferred from the Howard Springs facility today to Royal Darwin Hospital for management of a deterioration in a chronic condition.

He will be isolated throughout the admission process and immediately tested for COVID-19 infection. A further update will be provided in due course.

There were no people isolated overnight for symptoms of infection and the daily screening is currently underway.

The number of COVID-19 infections among the Diamond Princess evacuees remains at seven and all of these people have been retrieved to interstate hospitals.

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