Australia (2019-nCoV)

NT health chief Dr Charles Pain says he expects the sequencing test results for the South African case to be processed by Monday. The passenger arrived in Darwin on Thursday and his positive virus result was confirmed on Friday evening. https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/state/nt/2021/11/27/mutant-omicron-northern-territory/

Both passengers came to Sydney from southern Africa on the evening of Saturday November 27. https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20211128_02.aspx

A West Australian man has become the first person to die of coronavirus in Australia. The 78-year-old was being treated in isolation at the intensive care unit of Perth’s Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital but died in the early hours of Sunday. https://7news.com.au/travel/coronavirus/western-australian-man-becomes-first-person-in-australia-to-die-from-coronavirus-c-723547

Nationalities coronavirus positives 28 Japan 11 United States 7 Australia 7 Canada 3 Hong Kong 1 each New Zealand Taiwan Philippines Argentina United Kingdom

There has been a fifth confirmed case of novel coronavirus in Queensland. The 37 year old woman, a Chinese national, is currently isolated in the Gold Coast University Hospital (GCUH) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/news-events/doh-media-releases/releases/queensland-coronavirus-update5

Coronavirus positives 7 Japan, 3 United States, 3 Hong Kong, 2 Canada, 2 Australia, 1 Taiwan, 1 New Zealand, 1 Philippines https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article239983068.html

First Four nCoV Cases Confirmed in Australia ex China

30 January 2020 Gold Coast region There has been a second novel coronavirus case confirmed in Queensland. A 42 year old woman, a Chinese national from Wuhan (Hubei Province), has been confirmed to have novel coronavirus. The woman was a member of the tour group travelling with the 44 year old man confirmed with coronavirus on 29 January 2020. The woman is currently isolated in the Gold Coast University Hospital, and is stable. Contact tracing is underway, which will allow us to provide information to guests of the hotel this group was staying in, and to other passengers on Tigerair flight #TT566 from Melbourne to the Gold Coast on 27 January 20…