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The first case of the new coronavirus from China has been confirmed in Australia, Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos says.
The patient is a Chinese national in his 50s who had been in Wuhan before returning to Melbourne, the capital of the state of Victoria, on January 19, Mikakos says in a press conference.
He is in a stable condition and has been isolated to undergo treatment.
"It's important to stress there is no cause for alarm to the community," she adds. (dpa)
