Residents of remote Christmas Island, 1,650 kilometres off the north-west coast of Western Australia, have reacted with surprise their home will soon become "quarantine island".
The Shire President reacted by saying it further labels Christmas Island as a "convict settlement for innocent people, now we'll be a leper colony".
News that Australians caught up in the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus in China will spend two weeks in quarantine on Christmas Island caught many in the 1,400-strong community off guard.
Christmas Island Shire President Gordon Thomson has previously been critical of the Federal Government's decisions regarding the island.
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