Australia State Coronavirus Victim’s Flight Probed

This undated handout photo from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a microscopic view of the coronavirus at the CDC in Atlanta, Georgia. CDC/Getty Images

Authorities are working to find and contact passengers who sat near a woman with coronavirus on a plane returning to Sydney from Iran.

The woman in her 50s started to experience COVID-19 symptoms soon after she arrived back in the country on Qatar Airways Flight QR 908 on February 23.