Police, paramedics called to Broadbeach hotel after reports of coronavirus patient

Police and paramedics have been called to a Gold Coast hotel after reports of a suspected coronavirus case.

A SUSPECTED coronavirus case has been discovered at a Gold Coast hotel this afternoon.

Police and paramedics arrived at Peppers Broadbeach just after 1.30pm after reports of a patient showing symptoms of the virus.

Queensland Ambulance media said they had attended a “medical incident” at the address and transported a stable patient to hospital.

Several Australian cases have now been reported. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)

An ambulance source confirmed it was believed the patient was showing symptoms and had recently arrived on the Gold Coast from China.

It’s understood police were on scene assisting QAS through crowd control.

It comes after multiple tests on Gold Coast patients returned negative, with four patients in Australia confirmed to have the disease.