A young Australian girl evacuated from China and in quarantine on Christmas Island has been tested for coronavirus after developing an illness.
But Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly says her sickness isn't serious and could be"all sorts of things".
Professor Kelly confirmed on Saturday that a child who is among almost 300 evacuees on Christmas Island is awaiting results from a coronavirus test, after developing symptoms which may be linked to the disease."It could be all sorts of other things, we don't have a test positive at this point," he told reporters in Canberra on Saturday.
"In the unlikely event that this patient does test positive for novel coronavirus, doctors on site at Christmas Island are well prepared to care for her.
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