Health screenings are being ramped up at Australian airports as a Brisbane man suspected of having the SARS-like coronavirus is released from isolation.
Medical staff in protective outfits take precautions with patients at Kwong Wah Hospital in Yau Ma Tei.Wuhan, the sprawling capital of central China's Hubei province, is the epicentre of the coronavirus that has now killed at least six people and infected about 220 in Asia after the outbreak was first detected in December. "I would caution people to remain very calm about this.
Written information will be provided to passengers onboard flights from Wuhan, explaining the symptoms of coronavirus which includes a high fever. But Professor Murphy said it was not necessary to screen people for temperature which he said he proved unreliable in the past. Dr Young said it may take several days to confirm whether or not the man is suffering from the new strain of coronavirus as they need more information from China.
"So, the advice is that anyone who travels to Wuhan and then comes back and is unwell, to go and see their GP or an emergency department, and to isolate themselves from other people."
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