A Chinese national, in his 50’s, visiting Melbourne has became the country’s first confirmed case of deadly coronavirus, prompting a scramble to track down passengers who flew to Australia from mainland China with him six days ago. He is reported as being in a stable condition.
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said Victorian and Commonwealth authorities would undertake “contact tracing” for passengers who had travelled on the January 19 Wuhan to Melbourne via Guanghzhou flight and would provide them with “information and advice”.
NSW Health confirmed there were two “probable cases” of the deadly coronavirus – with another four people undergoing tests. Test results for the two NSW men suspected of having the virus will be confirmed late Saturday afternoon.
Another five people are quarantined in hospitals in Brisbane awaiting test results and in South Australia another four people have been tested.
