As usual Dave tries to blame everything on the LNP .The Victoria’s Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed the first Australian case of the 2019 novel coronavirus.
The man in his 50s, a visitor from China, is in a stable condition with the respiratory illness. He was confirmed as positive at 2.15am today following a series of tests.
The patient is being treated in an isolation room at Monash Medical Centre Clayton in accordance with recommended infection control procedures.
He had been in the city of Wuhan, China in the two weeks prior to the onset of his illness.
Department of Health and Human Services public health experts have interviewed the patient and have determined that he arrived in Australia on the morning of January 19 from Wuhan to Melbourne via Guangzhou. The first leg was on CZ3706 and he came into Melbourne on China Southern Airlines flight CZ321.
He has spent his time since arrival with relatives at their home. Close contacts are being provided support and education and monitored closely for signs or symptoms of illness.
