Name: Coronavirus: First Australian death, travel ban extensions | Nine News Australia
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Perth Man has become the first person to die of the virus in Australia after contracting it on the Diamond Princess cruise ship thesis as two new cases are confirmed in New South Wales and Victoria overnight.

This brings the total number of infected people nationwide to 28.

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The fear factor sending shoppers into a frenzy, stripping shelves at supermarkets as they prepare for the worst.

And as the virus continues to spread rapidly around the world, the Australian government could soon be forced toe widen its travel ban.

We have special coverage this morning with reporters across the country, first to Kelly Haywood in Perth, where 78 year old James Kwan is being remembered as a devoted family man and travel pioneer after being named as the first Australian to die from Corona virus.

Kelly, his wife, has also contracted the virus.

It's so chance guard in a hospital, in purse.

She's currently being kept in a negative pressure room and in a stable condition.

She will be moved to the intensive care unit if her condition worsens now.

She did issue a statement yesterday despite contracting the virus, saying, My husband pasta by Pace Feli knowing that his family loves him now.

Her husband, 78 year old James Corn, was the first Australian to die from Corona virus.

He was flown from the Diamond Princess cruise in Japan to Howard Springs facility way he was diagnosed with the virus.

He was then brought back here in 10 days after being diagnosed.

U unit in the early hours off yesterday morning.

Now it is a very scary Our health department here is warning us that this is just the first off.

We are being warned form or cases here in W way.

But it certainly is a very tough time for Theresa and her family.

City reporter Gabrielle Boyle, who's at West made hospital where a number of people are in quarantine.

Two women tested positive after arriving home from Iran.

Really worrying situation with two more people testing positive to the Corona virus, the first of whom, ah, woman in her fifties.

She is the six confirmed case here in New South Wales.

She arrived back here in Australia on the 23rd of February should be in Iran.

And when she arrived back here in Australia, she presented is unwell.

That's what those tests were run and she was found to be carrying the Corona virus.

She has been treated by doctors, and people that were sitting around her on that airplane have also been informed about the situation so they'll be on the lookout for any symptoms of the Corona virus as well.

In Victoria, we've also had another case, and that brings the number of cases there to nine.

A young woman also home from Iran, she's been quarantined in her family home after being released from hospital.

We're seeing food and supplies a stockpile.

They're racing off the shelves in some Sydney supermarkets as people race to prepare themselves for a larger outbreak off the Corona virus.

It really gives us some insight into exactly how worried people are about the Corona virus, that they're stockpiling food and supplies in their own homes.

Certainly aware, very worrying situation for some Sydneysiders in some families.

McKinsey Callahan on the Gold coast Mackenzie.

Our tourism industry has taken a massive heat.

Yet that's what the impact off the crowd of ice on the tourism sector has been severe.

Here on the Gold Coast alone, operators are predicting that the outbreak has already cost them north of half a $1,000,000,000 that number is climbing every day for the upcoming Easter School holidays.

Gonna provide some much needed relief, but the Queensland government isn't taking any chances.

I have recently rolled out a $2 million television television ad campaign trying encourage orgies to holiday here and boosted domestic tourism numbers.

But of course, we've recently had another confirmed case over the weekend, a 63 year old beautician who is also believed to have contracting the virus while holidaying in Iran.

That's probably the federal government to extend that travel ban, which has already been in place for China to Iran that Tracy this morning there are growing calls for that restrictions to be extended also to Italy, which has had already more than 1200 confirmed cases and 29 deaths.

78 year old perv man becoming the first Australian to die after contracting the disease on board the Diamond Princess Cruise West Australian president of the Australian Medical Association Dr Andrew Miller joins us now.

Andrew, Thanks for joining us this morning.

It's such a sad development and just that fact that his family wasn't able to be with him.

Obviously when he passed, it just shows how really this emergency is, doesn't it?

And it's terrific that it was actually back in W where he belongs.

He was surrounded by family and they were, you know, he would have known their presence.

I'm sure the you know, the the reality here is when you look at the maps of the world that are everywhere on the Internet, it's spreading at a very, very fast right.

Look, we have the plans in place him and we're getting there.

We're looking forward to the government making a move on Scott consultations, for example, so that J.

P s will be able Thio do a lot of the conversations with people who feel like they're coming down with something without having them in the room without them needed to travel on public transport on that sort of thing, we need to get more masks out there.

Unfortunately, straight after the bushfire epidemic in China, every mosque in the world suddenly disappeared.

So we need to ramp up that because we're gonna be sending our doctors and nurses into the front line.

They like the new firefighters, if you like.

Suddenly we've moved from Bush Fire season.

Tavira season these guys to be on the front line.

They need the gear to go out there, So that's very important.

You saying our doctors and nurses at the moment don't have protective gear?

And Jenna, So in general practice is at the moment, they've only got a few masks around.

That's not gonna last more than a couple of weeks in this in.

If this numbers start to get big, so we'll be seeing the government set up fever clinics.

You'll get somewhere to go to other than the lady or the general practice, and you'll be able to go down there and get checked out without going to a location where there's a lot of other people who are well or who have other illness.

I think the confusing thing is is that the difference in opinion about whether or not this is his 80% of say, It's just gonna be like a bad cold.

What are your views inside the medical fraternity on how serious this is?

About 20% of people who get it do get quite a severe illness, and unfortunately, there's no immunity out there.

Sure, put a couple of things aside, but you don't need Thio.

Be looking after yourself for 12 months or more at home.

You don't need to panic, but you do need to be prepared.

That means having conversations in the family about how life might change.

If the schools get shut down, for example, you need to have a bit of a plan in place.

But you're mentioning that this morning is people are getting ready for school.

Take the kids to school is that is disturbing like that?

One thing that causes panic is if you falsely reassure people are later on, they then don't believe the government.

They then don't believe the commentator said.

We really do need to think about this, but we don't know dependent.

So if, for example, you were talking about, there could be a tsunami warning, that doesn't mean ever on the beach needs to panic.