Thirteen Chinese cities are in lockdown as they scramble to stem the spread of the Sars-like infection, which has now reached Europe. Follow all the latest updates Analysis: Spread of virus shakes people´s belief in government 1.52am GMT Earlier the chief medical office in Australian state of New south Wales, Dr Kerry Chant, said the suspected patients in the country were in isolation and did not pose a risk of transmitting the virus.`We´re encouraging people who have come back from Wuhan, or who have been in contact with confirmed cases in China or in other countries, to please seek care if you develop any symptoms of fever, sore throat, pneumonia, a cough or respiratory symptoms of any sort,` she said. 1.50am GMT Australia´s chief medical officer said about another 12 people were being tested in Australia today for the virus.The man diagnosed with the virus is in his 50s and sought medical advice after he fell ill once he was in Melbourne. Murphy said he wore a face mask to the hospital where he reported his symptoms. 1.46am GMT Australia´s chief medical officer, Professor Brendan Murphy, is giving a news conference, after a case of coronavirus was confirmed in Melbourne. He says there is `no evidence this virus is being transmitted in Australia`. 1.40am GMT In the United Kingdom, the 14 people who were tested for coronavirus did not in fact have it. But UK health officials have teamed up with Border Force agents and airlines to try to track down around 2,000 people who have recently flown into the UK from Wuhan. China´s ambassador to London, Liu Xiaoming, says the government in Beijing is determined to curb the spread of the virus. Health officials have teamed up with Border Force agents and airlines to try to track down around 2,000 people who have recently flown into the UK from Wuhan, the Chinese province at the centre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak.Chinese government is very much determined to curb this virus. President Xi has already ordered resolut ...
|
