Test results for all five potential NT cases of coronavirus come back negative

THE test results for all five potential cases of coronavirus in the Northern Territory have come back negative

UPDATED: The test results for all five potential cases of coronavirus in the Northern Territory have come back negative.

Five people in the Northern Territory had been waiting to hear back on their test results to see if they had the potentially fatal coronavirus.

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Two people had their tests sent off three days ago and a further two people’s tests were sent off on Wednesday.

A spokesman for Chief Minister Michael Gunner’s office said all five sets of results had now come back negative.

There are currently no confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Northern Territory.

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EARLIER: Five people in the Northern Territory are waiting to hear back on test results to see whether they have the potentially fatal coronavirus.

Two cases had their tests sent off three days ago, with a further two cases tested on Wednesday.

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A fifth person also presented on Wednesday and health officials were expecting to send off for more tests.

So far, there have been no confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Northern Territory.

Tests for the virus are unable to be done within the NT, with throat swabs sent interstate for analysis.

It is understood there is a long line of samples from multiple states waiting to be analysed.

It comes as another 35 Australians wree flown into Christmas Island yesterday.

Several young children were among the evacuees who landed about 5am local time (9am AEST).

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The evacuees did not enter the airport terminal. They were loaded on to buses to be taken directly to the Christmas Island Detention Centre where 241 evacuees who arrived on Monday were already being held in quarantine.

The evacuees were all wearing face masks as they walked the short distance from the plane to three waiting minibuses.Crews including AUSMAT medical specialists greeted them on the tarmac before they were driven out to the detention centre.

They will be there for at least the next two weeks as they are screened for the deadly coronavirus.

The evacuees had been flown from Chinese city Wuhan - the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak - to Auckland on Wednesday before boarding a flight via Brisbane to Christmas Island.

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With more than 270 people quarantined in the Christmas Island Detention Centre the facility is reaching capacity.

Medical staff at Christmas Island are taking an ultraconservative approach in their treatment of the evacuees.

Each day staff wearing masks, gloves and a gown conduct wellbeing and temperature checks on each evacuee to screen for symptoms of the coronavirus.

Anyone displaying possible signs such as a runny nose or sore throat is temporarily isolated from the rest of the group while further testing is done.

So far four people have been temporarily isolated but further tests have found they did not have coronavirus and they were all returned to the general population.