Infection Control

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard and chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant have warned the upcoming flu season could exacerbate the spread of coronavirus.

A group of Australians evacuated from China are being released from a Darwin camp, as the number of coronavirus cases among cruise ship evacuees rises.

Australian evacuees from a virus infected cruise ship in Japan have arrived in Darwin for isolation as the government extends the travel ban.

A Cambodian health ministry official says 781 passengers off the cruise liner Westerdam have been tested for coronavirus and all tested negative.

After more than two weeks stuck on a coronavirus-hit ship in Japan, about 200 Australians are set to be evacuated to Darwin for another 14 days of isolation.

Australians quarantined on Christmas Island while they waited to be cleared of the symptoms of coronavirus have started to return home. Australians

About 200 Australians on the coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan will be flown to Darwin on Wednesday where they will be quarantined for two weeks.

NSW Health experts have successfully grown the coronavirus from an infected patient, with samples to assist efforts make a vaccine for the deadly disease.

The 266 Australians evacuated from Wuhan in China have landed in Darwin and been taken for a two-week quarantine stay at a disused work camp.

Australians evacuated from epicentre of the coronavirus in China have landed in Western Australia before being quarantined on Christmas Island for 14 days.

The Qantas plane that will bring home hundreds of Australians stranded in the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak is now on the ground in Wuhan.

Health experts advise that wearing medical face masks is not the most effective way to prevent coronavirus infection. As the coronavirus

Doctors believe coronavirus is spread through droplets and close contact over a period of time with an infected person, and is not as infectious as measles.

Medics are being mobilised to fly to Christmas Island under the government's plan to get Aussies out of China and protect the mainland from the coronavirus.

Christmas Island residents are disappointed they weren't informed about the plan to use the detention centre for coronavirus quarantine, but say it makes sense.

Australian scientists have reportedly created a lab-grown version of the deadly coronavirus, becoming the first team outside of China to do so.

The New Zealand government will discuss its response to the growing coronavirus outbreak at Cabinet on Tuesday. New Zealand families trapped

Authorities are working to prevent the arrival of the potentially fatal coronavirus with no Australian cases yet confirmed. A flight from the

Scientists are developing a quicker test to diagnose the deadly coronavirus, Australia's chief medical officer says. Scientists are developing

Australia is working to keep out the deadly coronavirus, as the Chinese city at the centre of the outbreak is forced into lock down. A crack