4 Cases of Coronavirus Confirmed in Australia

4 Cases of Coronavirus Confirmed in Australia
Passengers wearing protective face masks enter the departure hall of a high speed train station in Hong Kong on Jan. 24, 2020. Achmad Ibrahim/AP Photo
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The first cases of Novel Coronavirus have been confirmed in Australia—one in the state of Victoria and three in New South Wales—totaling four nationwide as of late Saturday.

NSW Health confirmed that three men—aged 53, 43, and 35—are in isolation and under care in Westmead Hospital in Sydney, according to local reports. All three recently arrived from Wuhan, a city of 11 million people and the epicenter of the outbreak.
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