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How to slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard speaks at a press conference on the coronavirus Source: AAP

Seventy-eight-year-old Perth man James Kwan is the first person in Australia to die because of the COVID-19 coronavirus.Since his death, New South Wales Health and the Australian government have spoken out on how we can ensure the virus does not continue to spread.

Updated 02/03/2020

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