Seventh Australian coronavirus case confirmed as government health advice ramped up

China's women's football team has been quarantined in a Brisbane hotel room as the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Australia rises to seven.

醫護人員在武漢市金銀潭醫院治療病人。 Source: AAP

The first case of novel coronavirus has been confirmed in Queensland, bringing Australia's total number of people infected to seven - just hours after a second case was identified in Victoria.

A 44-year-old Chinese national from Wuhan has contracted the disease and is currently stable and isolated at the Gold Coast University Hospital, Queensland's Chief Medical Officer Jeannette Young said.

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