Australia's biggest private hospital operator, Ramsay Health Care, is one of a growing number of major Australian companies to set up a high-level task force to ensure they can keep operating as the coronavirus crisis escalates.

They're making plans for home-based working for many staff, and enforcing sweeping bans on international travel and mandatory annual leave for staff returning from high-risk countries. Some companies, including JPMorgan, have even started banning all non-essential domestic travel.