Australia - 2019-nCov Daily cases exceed 10,000 and hundreds told positive covid results were negative by NSW laboratory

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/s...virus/?cs=9397

February 21 2020 - 1:00PM
Two cruise ship evacuees contract virus
Rebecca Gredley
Two people evacuated from a cruise ship in Japan to an Australian quarantine centre have contracted coronavirus, and more cases are possible.

A 24-year-old woman from South Australia will be transferred to Royal Adelaide Hospital on Friday. The other patient is from Western Australia.

Both remain well and are being housed in a separate isolation unit at Howard Springs outside Darwin...

[kiwibird]

https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert

As at 05:45 hrs on 11 February 2020, we have confirmed 15 cases of novel coronavirus in Australia:

• 5 in Queensland
• 4 in New South Wales
• 4 in Victoria
• 2 in South Australia

5 people have recovered. The others are in a stable condition

All of the cases in Australia have come from Wuhan except one in NSW who had contact in China with a confirmed case in Wuhan.

[Gert van der Hoek]

2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease, Australia Epidemiology Report 1

Reporting week 26 January – 1 February 2020

2019-nCoV National Incident Room Surveillance Team

Summary

This is the first epidemiological report of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) acute respiratory disease infections reported in Australia at 19:00 Australian Eastern Daylight Time [AEDT] 1 February 2020. It includes data on Australian cases notified during the week 26 January to 1 February 2020 and in the previous week (19 to 25 January 2020), the international situation and current information on the severity, transmission and spread of the 2019-nCoV infection.

In Australia:

• A total of twelve cases of 2019-nCoV infection were notified up until 1 February 2020;

• All twelve cases reported a travel history to China, and 92% (11/12) had a travel history to Wuhan, Hubei Province, China;

• The majority of cases (92%, 11/12) developed mild to moderate symptoms, with one case (8%, 1/12) admitted to intensive care;

• Zero deaths were reported; and

• Two days elapsed since the onset of illness in the latest confirmed case and the date of this report.

[Pathfinder]

Novel coronavirus alert

6 February 2020


There has been a fifth confirmed case of novel coronavirus in Queensland.

The 37 year old woman, a Chinese national, is currently isolated in the Gold Coast University Hospital (GCUH).

The woman is travelling in the same tour group as the previously confirmed cases – a 44 year old man, a 42 year old woman, a 37 year old man and an 8 year old boy.

All five people who have been confirmed to have novel coronavirus are stable.

The four others from the same tour group remain in isolation in GCUH.

For general information about novel coronavirus including symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, visit www.health.qld.gov.au/coronavirus.

https://www.health.qld.gov.au/news-e...el-coronavirus

[Gert van der Hoek]

As of this morning, 6 February 2020, 14 cases of 2019-nCoV have been confirmed in Australia: 4 in New South Wales, 4 in Victoria, 4 in Queensland, and 2 in South Australia.

[Shiloh]

Source: https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/healt...sland-c-684961


7NEWS
Thursday, 6 February 2020 6:41 am
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A fifth person is in quarantine at Gold Coast University Hospital after being confirmed to have coronavirus. Credit: File/Getty Images

A 37-year-old woman has become the 15th person in Australia diagnosed with coronavirus - and the fifth in Queensland.

The Chinese national is part of a tourist group in isolation at Gold Coast University Hospital...

[Gert van der Hoek]

The Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne has confirmed two Australians on board a Japanese cruise ship have tested positive for coronavirus and will be taken to Japanese medical facilities for treatment.

[Gert van der Hoek]

FEBRUARY 5 2020 -Australians contract coronavirus on cruise

Two Australians on a quarantined cruise ship off Japan have contracted coronavirus as more evacuees head for Christmas Island.

[sharon sanders]

As of this morning, 5 February 2020, 13 cases of 2019-nCoV have been confirmed in Australia: 4 in New South Wales, 4 in Victoria, 3 in Queensland, and 2 in South Australia.

https://www.health.gov.au/news/coronavirus-update-at-a-glance

[Gert van der Hoek]

4 February 2020


There has been a third novel coronavirus case confirmed in Queensland.

An eight year old boy, a Chinese national from Wuhan (Hubei Province), has been confirmed to have novel coronavirus.

The child is a member of the tour group travelling with the 44 year old man and a 42 year old woman confirmed with coronavirus on 29 January and 30 January 2020.

The child remains in isolation at the Gold Coast University Hospital and is currently stable.

[Gert van der Hoek]

Queensland confirms third coronavirus case as eight-year-old child from Wuhan, China

febr 4, 2020

An eight-year-old boy has been confirmed as Queensland's third case of the potentially deadly coronavirus.

The child, who is Chinese and from the virus epicentre of Wuhan, was confirmed to have the virus by Queensland health officials on Tuesday night.

He was travelling in the same tour group as the 44-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman who have been confirmed as Queensland's other cases of coronavirus.

The child remains in isolation at the Gold Coast University Hospital and is currently stable.

[Commonground]

Australia Dept. of Health
As of this morning, 4 February 2020, 12 cases of 2019-nCoV have been confirmed in Australia: 4 in New South Wales, 4 in Victoria, 2 in South Australia, and 2 in Queensland.

https://www.health.gov.au/news/coronavirus-update-at-a-glance

[Gert van der Hoek]

Two new cases of coronavirus in Australia

febr 2, 2020

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Australia has risen to 12 after a couple was tested in South Australia.

"Two novel coronavirus cases have been confirmed in SA in a 60-year-old male and a 60-year-old female," SA Health tweeted.

"They will both be in isolation at the RAH (Royal Adelaide Hospital) and are currently in a stable condition."

The couple who hail from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, had been visiting family in South Australia.

[Gert van der Hoek]

Number of cases


As of this morning, 1 February 2020, 9 cases of 2019-nCoV have been confirmed in Australia: 2 in Queensland, 3 in Victoria, and 4 in New South Wales.

Australian health authorities continue to test any people who show symptoms of the virus.


Media reports:

2 more cases in South Australia, see post # 18

4th case in Victoria , see post # 20

[Gert van der Hoek]

Fourth coronavirus case confirmed in Victoria

febr 1, 2020



A woman in her 20s has become Victoria’s fourth confirmed case of novel coronavirus.

Six days after returning from Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, the woman was last night confirmed as having the illness and isolated in her Melbourne home.

Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Dr Brett Sutton issued an alert outlining the latest confirmed coronavirus case this morning, stating it was not believed the woman had posed any risk of spreading the virus since flying into Melbourne on January 25.

Because the woman only became unwell while at home on January 27 - two days after her flight - health authorities do not believe she was infectious while travelling.