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Australian health authorities have prepared isolation units, stockpiled 10 million masks and are developing a one-step test for the deadly coronavirus | ErykBagshaw

NSW's chief health officer, Kerry Chant, said five cases referred to Health NSW turned out to be other illnesses but one remained under investigation.Dr Murphy said laboratories around the country were "sequencing" the disease in a bid to speed up diagnosis. "We will have a specific one-step test," he said.

Residents have been told by China's National Health Commission to avoid crowds and public gatherings during Lunar New Year, the busiest holiday travel period in the Chinese calendar. Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack and Prime Minister Scott Morrison are updated by chief medical officer Brendan Murphy.Eungyeong Go, a 23-year-old Korean woman travelling on the China Eastern Airlines flight, said she was nervous and had her mask ready. She said she was stopping over in Wuhan on her way to South Korea. "I'm just a bit scared," she said.

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