State and territory health authorities are tasked with investigating anyone suspected of having the Wuhan coronavirus, and each state has an isolation facility. The first cases of the deadly virus were reported in Wuhan, China, on December 31 last year where the it is believed to have originated in snakes. Of the 26 people who died, 24 were in Wuhan, China, where the outbreak started. Experts fear the new Wuhan coronavirus, officially known as 2019-nCoV, may already be in Australia even though no-one in the country has been officially diagnosed. Fears have been heightened due to Chinese New YearHong Kong: people travel with surgical masks for fear of the Wuhan coronavirus on Thursday

Source: Daily Mail January 24, 2020 02:27 UTC