COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
By 6 February, three people coming back from a tour group in Wuhan were found to have the virus in Queensland. Twenty-four Australians were infected with the virus on the Diamond Princess cruise ship. Eight were sent to Darwin for two weeks of quarantine.  On 27 February, the prime minister put in place the Australian Health Sector Emergency Response Plan for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), On 29 February, after an infected person came back to Australia from Iran, the government made all people who had been in Iran go into quarantine. They had to spend two weeks in a third country before being allowed into Australia. There were 14 new cases in February, bringing the number of cases to 23.