Coronavirus Latest: Here’s What We Know About The Spread Of The Outbreak
Two months after the new virus – named Covid-19 – was first identified in Wuhan it is still relatively poorly understood, with scientists working to identify a definitive source.
Health authorities in Australia and worldwide have been working on the premise that the virus has an incubation period of 14 days, however this was thrown into doubt on Saturday when local government in China’s Hubei province reported the case of a man who had not shown symptoms until 27 days after he had been infected.
Here’s the latest on coronavirus:
What’s happening in Australia?
A seventh passenger from the Diamond Princess has tested positive to COVID-19 at the Manigurr-ma Village quarantine facility in Darwin.
The 57-year-old Queensland woman has been transported back to her home state on a specialised medical retrieval plane.
This brings the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia to 22.
The Australian government will allow the return of some Chinese high school students who have been blocked from entering the country due to restrictions, reopening the door to a market that is key for the economy.
Thousands of Chinese students were prevented from heading to Australia after the long summer break for the start of school and university terms this month when the government imposed a travel ban for most people travelling from China.
The targeted easing of the ban would allow about 760 Chinese high school students - none from Hubei province, which is the epicentre of the outbreak - to apply to return.
Although Prime Minister Scott Morrison plans to extend a ban on arrivals for other visitors from mainland China into a fourth week.
What’s the situation in the UK?
On Sunday, more than a hundred people who had been flown out of Wuhan were released from quarantine in a Milton Keynes conference centre after being held for 14 days.
One man said it was a “fantastic” feeling to be released from Kents Hill Park training and conference centre.
Some 118 people were...
