Queensland boy diagnosed with coronavirus as more Wuhan evacuees heading to Christmas Island

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An eight-year-old boy travelling in Australia has the coronavirus, taking the infection rate to 13 people, as the government gets ready for more evacuees.

Australia now has 13 confirmed case of the deadly coronavirus after an eight-year-old boy was isolated in a Queensland hospital.

"The child remains in isolation at the Gold Coast University Hospital and is currently stable," the state's Chief Health Officer Dr Jeanette Young said.The case of the boy takes the number of confirmed case in Queensland to three, adding the four cases in each of NSW and Victoria and two in South Australia. The nation infection rate now stands at 13 people.

Another couple, a man and heavily pregnant woman, were isolated at a Perth hospital because there are no maternity services on the island.Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said it was likely the Australians on the Air NZ flight will be met by officers from Australian Border Force and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade when they arrive in Auckland late Wednesday afternoon local time.

 

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This should be expanded. “ I’ve been to China”

Thats not a rate.

Hes not a Queensland boy... hes from Wuhan. Please stop misreporting intentionally

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