New coronavirus can be passed on by humans

A SARS-like virus that has spread across China has been found to be contagious among humans. Broadcast on the 21st of January 2020.

Medical staff carry a patient into the Jinyintan hospital, where patients infected with a new strain of Coronavirus in Wuhan, China, 18 January 2020 Source: EPA

Health workers are among those affected by the new coronavirus strain, which has killed three Chinese locals and affected four others across Thailand, Japan and South Korea.

In Queensland, a Brisbane man is being tested for a new strain of coronavirus virus amid concerns of an international epidemic.  Results may take a couple of days.