What should you do if you contract the coronavirus?
So far, it has happened to more than 6,000 people in Australia.
He says the first thing anyone who tests positive for coronavirus should do is stay at home. Anyone living with them will have to take action too.“Obviously, the first thing is that they need to stay at home because they don't want to be spreading it around,” he told SBS News. "Currently, the numbers are small enough in general for the public health authorities to still be able to contact each individual one and actually tell them what they need to do,” he said.AAP Image/Florent Rols / SOPA Images/Sipa USA
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