Today, Australia has confirmed the first new case of coronavirus infection in Melbourne!
A Chinese man in his 50s, who stopped in Guangzhou from Wuhan, arrived in Melbourne at 9 a.m. on January 19 to visit relatives, Wuhan to Guangzhou flight number CZ3706, Guangzhou to Melbourne flight number CZ321.
He didn`t have symptoms on the plane at the time, and on Thursday he went to see a GP, but the diagnosis wasn`t linked to a new type of pneumonia, and later his symptoms worsened, and his family took him to hospital yesterday and is being treated for isolation at Monash Hospital in Clayton.
But the state department of health told the public there was no need to go too far, the patient had been isolated, and he had been at home since arriving in melbourne, only to contact his family, but did not say which district they lived in.
Every passenger on the man`s flight will then be contacted urgently, and his family is being closely watched.
The airport will be closely monitored and a public hotline for the new type of pneumonia will be set up.
"Australia has experience in fighting influenza and SARs, and our system can handle this very well," said Victoria Health minister.
There are now seven suspected cases in Australia, five in the new state and two in the state of Kunming.
Melbourne microlife also continued to appeal: all returned to australian chinese, do not hide, do not avoid doctors, voluntary at home for two weeks, all employers, schools please approve, the early control of the epidemic, is our greatest contribution to wuhan.
As of 24 o`clock on January 24, China had received a total of 1,287 confirmed cases in 29 provinces (districts and municipalities), of which 237 were severe and 41 were death, with a total of 1965 suspected cases reported.
Currently,15,197 close contacts are being tracked and 13,967 are being observed by the medical community.
Australia issued a four-tier warning overnight - the travel advice for Hubei province, including Wuhan, is "no travel," listing the new coronavirus as a significant epidemic potential to strengthen border management.
(A former Sydney Airport passenger has been removed suspected of carrying a new coronavirus)
All flights departing from China are now subject to passenger checks and information manuals in English and Chinese.
Researchers at the University of Queensland are working day and day to develop the virus`s vaccine within six months.
Australia has stockpiled millions of masks.
