Locals see sense in island quarantine plan

Updated January 29 2020 - 8:38pm, first published 8:22pm
Christmas Island will be used to quarantine people airlifted from China's virus-hit Hubei province.
Christmas Island will be used to quarantine people airlifted from China's virus-hit Hubei province.

Using the Christmas Island immigration detention centre to quarantine Australians from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city Wuhan makes sense, but locals are disappointed they weren't informed, a resident says.

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