Two Australians in China have been infected with coronavirus, Health Minister Greg Hunt has confirmed. Mr Hunt told reporters they are being treated and are not seeking consular assistance at this stage. They were in Guangdong province, not Hubei province where the majority of cases have been located. It follows confirmation of seven cases of… Read More: Two Aussies in China have coronavirus »
A rapidly evolving health story broke in late December when a novel illness originating in Wuhan, China made the news. Reports of the number of infected people swiftly rose, and isolated cases of this new coronavirus — dubbed 2019-nCoV by scientists — have appeared in several countries due to international travel. At this writing, almost… Read More: The new coronavirus: What we do — and don’t —… »
By Jessica Hamzelou HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images At the end of 2019, health authorities in China alerted the world to a potentially new virus that had caused pneumonia in a handful of people in Wuhan since mid-December. The number of cases has since exploded, with more than 600 cases confirmed as of 23 January.… Read More: What are the symptoms of the new coronavirus and how… »
Media playback is unsupported on your device Wuhan, a Chinese city of eleven million people, is to temporarily shut public transport as it tries to halt the outbreak of a new strain of virus. Those living in the city have been advised not to leave, in a week when millions of Chinese are travelling for… Read More: Coronavirus: Wuhan to shut public transport over outbreak »