Coronavirus: Melbourne health workers of 'Asian appearance' report racial abuse

Staff and patients at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital have reported racial abuse amid the coronavirus outbreak.

The Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. Source: The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Facebook

Staff and patients at a Melbourne hospital have reported cases of racial abuse amid panic over the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

Parents at the Royal Children's Hospital have refused to let doctors and nurses of 'Asian appearance' treat their children or are sitting away from other patients because of wrongful fears surrounding coronavirus, the hospital reports.