This time in China, at News:
Two Australians in China have been infected with coronavirus, Health Minister Greg Hunt has confirmed.
Mr Hunt said 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.
There are only 300 reported cases in Guangdong. That two of them are Aussies may just be unlucky amid a population of 113m.
Or it may hint that there are many more cases going unreported.
It also suggests that all aircraft returning from China, not just Hubei, should be screened if not cancelled. To wit, from The Guardian:
Australian authorities are reporting the first case of the virus in the state of Queensland. The44-year-old Chinese national from Wuhan in Hubei province, flew into Melbourne, spent some time there and then flew to QLD on January 27, where he became unwell. He has been confirmed to have coronavirus and is in isolation in Gold Coast University hospital in a stable condition. The other eight people who were travelling with him are also in isolation in the same hospital. Four of them are unwell and are being tested for coronavirus.
And Domain:
The 2020 Box Hill Chinese New Year Festival, which was expected to draw tens of thousands of people on Saturday, has been postponed by organisers who cited “cultural and commercial reasons and out of respect for the difficulties currently being experienced by many people”.
Australia is about to leapfrog up the coronavirus national league table.
