Girl Tested for Coronavirus on Christmas Island, Results Pending

Girl Tested for Coronavirus on Christmas Island, Results Pending
A general view of asylum seekers and facilities at Christmas Island Detention Centre, on Christmas Island on July 26, 2013. Scott Fisher/Getty Images
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A young Australian girl evacuated from China and in quarantine on Christmas Island has been tested for coronavirus after developing an illness.

But Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly says her sickness isn’t serious and could be “all sorts of things.”