Ten body bags for children have been sent out to indigenous communities

Army assistance has also been promised to communities if pandemic spreads

Morgues in remote areas of the Kimberly, WA, have been cleared out to prepare

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Child-sized body bags have been sent out in mass to remote indigenous communities to prepares for a worst-case pandemic scenario.

The first ten children's body bags were recently sent out to an indigenous community in the Northern Territory with more believed to be sent to other areas.

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Army assistance has also been promised to some indigenous communities if the coronavirus pandemic infiltrates their isolated area, according to The West Australian.

Bodies from morgues in remote communities in the Kimberley area, in northern Western Australia, have also been cleared out and sent to Broome to allow space for potential victims.

Child-sized body bags have been sent out to remote indigenous communities as Australia prepares for a worst-case pandemic scenario (stock image of Australian outback)

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It comes as federal and state governments implement strict border controls to stop the coronavirus creeping into indigenous communities and causing catastrophic damage.

Similar to existing border controls on state lines in South Australia, Queensland, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Tasmania, people will now not be allowed into indigenous communities unless they are providing essential services.

Indigenous people returning to their communities from outside areas would also be quarantined for 14 days.

It comes as federal and state governments implement strict border controls to stop the coronavirus creeping into indigenous communities and causing catastrophic damage (stock image)

Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt (pictured) said the latest measures were necessary to handle cultural sensitivities if the virus spread to indigenous communities

Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt said on Thursday the measures were necessary to save the lives of indigenous people and to better manage the situation if the worst became reality.

'We are looking at the issue of funerals and what that means and the level of contact particularly given cultural obligations,' Mr Wyatt said.

'We're also looking at the availability of morgues. We're into that degree of detail because it is absolutely important.'

Australia's total coronavirus cases past 3,050 on Friday after the numbers increased exponentially in NSW and Victoria.

The regional Hunter New England Health District has 70 people who have returned positive test results (stock image of Tamworth, NSW)

NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said there were at least 1,405 COVID-19 cases in the country's worst-hit state with some examples even spreading into the country.

The regional Hunter New England Health District - which spans more than 130,000km along the east coast from Newcastle to the NSW/Queensland border - has 70 people who have returned positive test results.

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Confirmed cases have also been popping up in the Murrumbidgee region in the state's south, including Wagga Wagga, Griffith and Albury, with ten infections.