Aussies on Way After Air NZ Leaves Wuhan

Aussies on Way After Air NZ Leaves Wuhan
Passengers arrive at Sydney International Airport in Sydney, Australia, on Jan. 23, 2020. Don Arnold/Getty Images
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Australia now has 13 confirmed cases of the deadly coronavirus after an eight-year-old boy was isolated in a Queensland hospital, as the federal government prepares to receive more evacuees from China.

The child, from Wuhan which is the epicentre of the virus outbreak in the central China province of Hubei, was a member of a tour group travelling in Australia in late January.