Adelaide has confirmed its first case of coronavirus as authorities rush to control it

Adelaide has just confirmed its first case of coronavirus.

A Chinese couple testing positive to the disease having arrived in South Australia from Wuhan, China on January 20.reports that the couple is in a stable condition in separate sealed quarantine rooms in the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

“The risk to travellers from mainland China, other than Hubei Province, remains low but it looks like it is increasing and we want to be absolutely secure,” said Mr Murphy. That was why Mr Murphy recommended to the government that people quarantine and self-isolate themselves for 14 days after coming back from china.

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