A warning has been issued to Australians travelling to Japan and South Korea after a rise in the number of cases of coronavirus in the region.
Travellers are being told to exercise a high degree of caution in both countries.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) urged travellers to both Japan and South Korea to: 'Monitor your health closely and follow the advice of local authorities'.
There are 47 Australians receiving medical treatment in Japan after testing positive to coronavirus, otherwise known as COVID-19.
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A couple wear protective masks while walking through Ueno Park in Tokyo, Japan. Currently 47 Australians are receiving medical treatment for coronavirus in Japan
Another 170 have been flown back to Australia after evacuating the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Yokohama last week.
Seven evacuees have tested positive to COVID-19 since their arrival in Darwin, with six sent back to their home states for treatment and the seventh being transferred on Monday.
The remaining cruise ship passengers will be quarantined at Howard Springs for at least two weeks.
There have been 22 cases of coronavirus in Australia.
Ten people have recovered and the others are in a stable condition.
Meanwhile, 266 people who arrived on a flight from Wuhan on February 9 are on their way home from Darwin on Monday following 14 days of isolation.
None tested positive for the disease.
The federal government last week evacuated 170 Australians off the Diamond Princess cruise ship (pictured) and flew them home. Four were confirmed to have coronavirus
Australia has imposed a travel entry ban for Chinese passengers, but relaxed the rules for Year 11 and 12 students, apart from anyone who remains in the Hubei province, the epicentre of the virus outbreak.
There have been 78,973 cases worldwide and 2466 deaths.
Air New Zealand has suspended flights to South Korea after the country experienced a surge in reported cases of the virus.
Australia does not have a local carrier that flies into South Korea, meaning the government would have to advise airlines about their travel routes.
Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy said the government updated advice about flight paths and travel warnings every day.
AUSTRALIANS WITH THE CORONAVIRUS
NEW SOUTH WALES: 4
January 25
Three men aged 43, 53, and 35 who had recently travelled to China are confirmed to have contracted the disease.
Two flew in from Wuhan while the other arrived in Sydney from Shenzhen, south China.
They are being treated in isolation at Westmead Hospital and are in stable condition.
January 27
A 21-year-old woman is identified as the fourth person to test positive for the illness in NSW.
The woman, a student at UNSW, flew into Sydney International Airport on flight MU749 on January 23 and presented to the emergency department 24 hours later after developing flu-like symptoms.
She is being treated in isolation at Westmead Hospital.
VICTORIA: 6
January 25
A Chinese national aged in his 50s becomes the first confirmed case of the coronavirus in Australia.
The man flew to Melbourne on China Southern flight CZ321 from Wuhan via Guangzhou on January 19.
He is now in quarantined isolation at Monash Hospital in Clayton in Melbourne's east.
January 29
A Victorian man in his 60s is diagnosed with the coronavirus.
He became unwell on January 23 - two days after returning from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak.
The man was confirmed as positive on January 29 and was subsequently seen by doctors at the Monash Medical Centre. He was assessed as being well enough to stay at home.
January 30
A woman in her 40s is found to have coronavirus.
She was visiting from China and mostly spent time with her family.
She is being treated at Royal Melbourne Hospital.
February 1
A woman in her 20s in Melbourne is found to have the virus
February 22
Two passengers taken off the Diamond Princess cruise ship test positive
QUEENSLAND: 5
January 29
Queensland confirms its first case after a 44-year-old Chinese national wass diagnosed with the virus.
He is being treated at Gold Coast University Hospital.
January 30
A 42-year-old Chinese woman who was travelling in the same Wuhan tour group as the 44-year-old man tests positive. She is in Gold Coast University Hospital in stable condition.
February 4
An eight-year-old boy has been diagnosed coronavirus. He is also from the tour group where the other Queensland cases came from
February 5
The case was found in a 37-year-old man, who was a member of a group of nine Chinese tourists in quarantine on the Gold Coast
February 6
A 37-year-old woman has been diagnosed with coronavirus from the same travel group that flew to Queensland from Melbourne on January 27
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 2
February 1
A Chinese couple in their 60s who arrived in Adelaide from Wuhan to visit relatives are confirmed to have coronavirus.
CHINA: 2
January 30
Two Australians have been confirmed as having the virus in Wuhan itself. Australia has raised the travel alert level to 'do not travel' for the city of Wuhan - the epicentre of the outbreak - and for the entire Hubei province.
Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy says unless people have contact with someone who is unwell and has come from that part of China, there is no need for current concern.
JAPAN: 15
As of February 15, 47 Australians are among 219 confirmed cases of the coronavirus contracted on board Diamond Princess cruise ship at Yokohama.
Two more Australians who were on board tested positive after they were evacuated to Darwin on February 22
QUEENSLAND: 4
Four Australians test positive for coronavirus after being evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship
Two Queensland women, aged 54 and 55, tested positive for COVID-19 and will be flown to Brisbane for further treatment.
Earlier a 78-year-old man from Western Australia was transferred to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth . His wife will travel with him but then be isolated at home for two weeks.
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