Australians returning home from China are being urged to stay isolated for two weeks

UPDATED coronavirus advice from health experts has urged at risk cases to quarantine themselves in their homes for two weeks on Australia soil

Airport passengers wearing protective masks ... Australian health experts are recommending people who have been in contact with any coronavirus cases should be isolated in their home for 14 days following exposure. Picture: AFP

UPDATED coronavirus advice from national health experts will quarantine confirmed and at risk cases in their home for two weeks on Australia soil.

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Experts are recommending people who have been in contact with any coronavirus cases should be isolated in their home for 14 days following exposure.

Students and staff from Darwin’s Haileybury Rendall school who travelled to coronavirus affected areas over the Christmas break have already been urged not to return to school until two weeks after their return.

A letter sent from Haileybury Rendall School principal Craig Glass this week said the school was following government advice.

Infographic showing rate of increase in confirmed cases of Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and affected countries as of January 29 2019.

“If you or your child/children has/have been in the affected areas of China and arrived back after 14 January 2020, we strongly recommend they do not commence school until 14 days after their date of arrival in Australia,” he wrote.

Advice also applies to returned travellers who have been in Hubei Province of China, who must also be isolated in their home for 14 days after leaving Hubei Province, other than for seeking individual medical care.

Health minister Natasha Fyles said it was important to put measures in place which would protect the wider community.

“The Territory Labor Government takes all health risks to our community very seriously which is why it’s important to follow recommendations such as these to prevent the transmission of coronavirus in the NT,” she said.

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The precautionary advice hopes to prevent the transmission of coronavirus throughout our community and is particularly important for families with school and childcare aged kids.