Passengers confined to their cramped cabins by a Corona virus outbreak.

It comes as a fresh case is confirmed in Queens lad, while 35 Ozzy's evacuated from the epicenter in Wuhan are right now on their way to Christmas Island.

Dex deserted the lobby, empty the Diamond princess in lock, down close to 4000 holiday makers now confined to their cabins.

This is the moment the captain breaks the news.

The lead off the quarantine will be a least 14 days among the passengers, 223 Australians to testing positive to the virus as well as eight others with only 31 results returned.

A trip of a lifetime for these cans.

Couple turning into a floating prison.

Don't wear it.

Zordon is.

We're good, strong, happy people and good immune system.

It's understood An infected man boarded the ship, failing to tell crew he was from the epi center in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

You were on the ship, and the day before we were supposed to dock.

There's a bit of a whisper going on that big a passenger and diagnosed and then say it wasn't a complete surprise.

35 more Australians air right now on their way to Christmas Island for quarantine.

Daniel Yang from Sydney escaping Wuhan on the second plane load of evacuates.

I've definitely had my concerns and my source holding me back from being on this flight.

But in the end I just said, You know what?

I have to do it.

I had to get on just so I could get home to my life Overnight, the 14th case confirmed in Australia, a 37 year old Chinese men holidaying in Queensland, now in isolation for the latest Let's bring in our team of reporters 1st 2 nines Gary acid on Christmas Island, where a planeload of Australians will arrive shortly to begin their two week quarantine period.

Gary, talk us through what these evacuated bane through, Yeah, extraordinary ordeal, Really.

They were rescued by the New Zealand government, in fact, and in New Zealand, jet picked them up from Wuhan.

This has been going on for 24 hours now.

They landed in Auckland have been transferred to a charter plane which has touched down in Brisbane.

We understand the touchdown in Leomont and then bring them here to Christmas Island, where they will undergo 14 days of quarantine.

The odds mat teams are starting to assemble.

There's a bit of activity here at the airport as they prepare to receive these 35 passengers and put them into the detention center under that quarantine regime for them as well, with 240 others that have been in there since Monday.

Tracy.

All right, Gary.

Thank you.

The devastating financial impact off the Corona virus here at home is starting to come to light now, and let's go to Jonathan Closely and camera.

Jonah has a figure being put on this $1,000,000 a month Tracy, and that's just for the tourism industry alone.

Nine.

News understands Treasury is now crunching the numbers on the full scale impact of the virus on the economy and on the federal budget.

Because it's not just tourism, it's the education sector.

Two.

There are more than 106,000 international students who remained stranded in China, and there are problems now heating export markets to particularly seafood.

After China stopped taking live exports some companies, so they've lost 95% of their business.

We spoke to one operator and kids who told us she's had the lay off staff and now fears facing closing her doors.

The reaction of the Chinese government is supposed totally warranted in this situation.

But the inflow of that has devastated A with the industries that rely on the Chinese market to move their products.

And Tracy, that is the real concern.

Now.

Business operators like Sonya are now calling for financial intervention from the government to try and keep these industries afloat.

The cross is continuing to spread around John, Thank you, and thank you, too, Gary had said as well residents across New South Wales and Queens and are this morning celebrating a summer down Paul.

And while it may not be drought breaking, more rain is on the way.

We have reporters in Queensland and New South Wales today, first to Jessica Millwood in Brisbane.

Jess, it's another wet day ahead for Queenslanders.

It is buckling down in Brisbane right now.

Tracy could barely even see the city skyline behind me, and just in the past hour alone there has been 20 millimeters falling in Brackenridge.

This is the weather system that is slowly moving down the coast from the Wide Bay and Sunshine Coast.

Areas tin can buy.

Received 222 millimeters yesterday and there were some flash flooding of it.

Events around the Sunshine Coast are farmers have also received a good drop.

96 millimeters fell in Theodore and in bar Colden.

They have been flooded paddocks, much to the delight of farmers in Stan Thought they have received 15 millimeters.

No, what what that were hoping for.

But for a town that's currently trucking in water, that is definitely good news.

The prediction is for 80 millimeters here in Brisbane Hotel.

What?

We're well on the way.

100 millimeters for the Gold Coast.

No one will be complaining that the warning from authorities is to take care.

We could see some flash flooding to that.

He did just thank you notto Lara Villa in city Lara.

Which area saw the most rain?

Well, Tracy, Today the heaviest falls will be in places like these more Tyrion Port Macquarie.

But really good news overnight for bone dry parts of New South Wales.

We've seen a pretty good soaking in places like a double war.

Gettin also Canaveral, where locals there they have well and truly been lapping up every single, glorious drop, the wet, their beds.

Hey, man, he's good.

A couple of weeks, you know, maybe the river would play.

He also some really good news for fire ravaged parts of the state.

We are expecting some pretty decent falls in places like Tirade, the South Coast and also the surrounding areas of the A C A.

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The bad news, though, is we do have some warnings in place for the potential of flash flooding and also the land slips.

Now, as for city, you can see it's not raining at the moment.

We are expecting those falls low Belle settling from mid morning in the heaviest in L C B D.

That will be on the weekend, both Saturday and Sunday.

We could expect anywhere between 35 to 50 millimeters to fall on each of those days.

Few days ahead.

Laura Villa.

Thank you.

And thank you to just me award.