Thousands of Queenslanders have locked themselves away from the general public after receiving a coronavirus notice from the government.
The federal government has struck an even deal with the states and territories to cover costs and inject funds into the country's coronavirus outbreak.
In NSW, a school was closed on Friday after a pupil tested positive for the virus. At least seven people - staff and residents - have also been confirmed as infected at a Sydney aged care facility where Australia recorded its second COVID-19 fatality.
The Queensland government has praised thousands of residents who are abiding by self-isolation notices.
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A 28-year-old man in Queensland is the latest person to test positive for coronavirus.
He's the state's 14th case, bringing the national total to 64 on Friday night.
"A 28-year-old male is in a stable condition and is being transferred from his home in Brisbane to the Princess Alexandra Hospital,"
"He has recently returned from Iran and contact tracing is underway."
Three of Queensland's confirmed cases were on the virus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship.
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There are now seven cases of coronavirus in staff and residents at an aged care facility where Australia's second fatality occurred, NSW Health says.
Two of the new cases are a 24-year-old woman and 21-year-old man, both staff members at the Dorothy Henderson Lodge aged care facility in Macquarie Park.
A 94-year-old female resident died earlier this week and tests later returned a positive COVID-19 reading.
"The family of the elderly woman have all tested negative," NSW Health said in a statement on Friday afternoon.
The Macquarie Park facility. Pictures: Jenny Evans/Getty Images
An 18-year-old woman in western Sydney is the latest case to be diagnosed. The health department said she is a "household contact" of another recent case.
"All children and staff from the Banksia childcare centre, who attended last night's clinic for testing, have tested negative," NSW Health said.
The national total is now 63.
Almost 3000 Queenslanders have been issued voluntary notices to self-isolate since the novel coronavirus made it to Australian shores.
The state's chief health officer, Dr Jeannette Young, today said she has "no concerns going forward" about people failing to comply with the request given the "fantastic" response thus far.
She said around 2700 voluntary self-isolation notices have been issued and more than 1500 people have been tested across the state.
"We have had a minuscule number of breaches, in fact, scarcely any," she said.
"People have been doing absolutely the right thing.
“Queenslanders are really, really perceptive to that advice about how to protect other Queenslanders.”
Dr Young said all confirmed cases are being admitted to hospital but "that will gradually change as we get more cases", particularly those with a "mild" illness.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Dr Jeannette Young. Picture: Attila Csaszar/AAP
Meanwhile, Queensland’s disaster management authorities have gone into war mode to prepare for a potential outbreak of the deadly coronavirus.
The sessions have involved multiple government departments covering all scenarios as 13 confirmed cases of COVID-19 are recorded in Queensland.
“It is war gaming but it’s not just (the health department), it’s all government agencies, because the response to this virus is going to require coordination right across the Queensland government,” Health Minister Steven Miles told the ABC.
“This is how we prepare for all sorts of natural disasters … to make sure all our policies and processes are running right.”
A 81-year-old man who returned from Thailand and a 29-year-old woman who travelled from London with a stopover in Singapore were the state’s 12th and 13th cases recorded on Thursday.
“The way in which we prepare for natural disasters is exactly what we’re doing in preparation for a potential coronavirus outbreak,” Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said today.
“It was a Brisbane-based scenario, a regional based scenario and we also had a tropical cyclone scenario as well.
“We tested everything today and we have procedures and plans in place just as we would when we deal with bushfires and cyclones.”
Clinical nurse consultant Janice Geary at Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane today. Picture: Darren England/AAP
The recent virus confirmations have renewed calls from the state government for those who feel unwell after returning from overseas to visit a doctor.
Authorities are tracing those who might have come in contact with a 26-year-old Logan man diagnosed with the virus after returning home from Iran.
The state government says it is trying to contact all the people who were on his flight and were sitting within two rows of him.
Fifteen staff members from the emergency department of Brisbane’s Mater Hospital are in self-quarantine for 14 days after they were exposed to a Chinese student who contracted COVID-19.
The hospital said it was a precautionary measure in keeping with advice from Queensland Health.
On Thursday morning, the housemate of the Chinese student was released from hospital after testing negative.
He is now at home and has been advised to self-quarantine.
Eight other patients who contracted the virus have been cleared.
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The wife of Australia's first confirmed coronavirus fatality remains in hospital.
Theresa Kwan, 79, is still in a stable condition in Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth, the WA Department of Health said this afternoon. She was also infected with the disease.
Her husband, 78-year-old retired travel agent James Kwan, died last weekend. They had been on a family cruise aboard the virus-hit Diamond Princess ship and were flown from Japan to Darwin where they were briefly kept in the quarantine facility before they tested positive and were rushed to Perth.
James Kwan.
Their 50-year-old son Edwin has been given the all-clear to leave hospital in Japan.
“I have now completed all tests and given the all-clear from the Japanese hospital, the Japanese Ministry of Health and this is being endorsed by the Australian Embassy Tokyo,” he said in a message to The Australian yesterday.
Edwin with his father.
Theresa and James Kwan on their cruise.
Concerns over the safety of frontline health workers responding to the COVID-19 outbreak have prompted union calls for dedicated clinics to be introduced in Western Australia.
The Health Services Union of WA wants the state’s health department to provide clear protocols, and to ensure health workers are safely equipped to care for patients diagnosed with coronavirus.
The HSUWA are also calling for a public information campaign and more staff and resources to prepare for an outbreak.
HSUWA Secretary Naomi McCrae said appropriate facilities and adequate resources were a necessity to ensure safety to staff and the public.
A virus isolation tent in a Gold Coast car park. Picture: Adam Head
“Photos released recently of public hospitals using car parks as makeshift quarantine zones are concerning,” Ms McCrae said.
She said the department needed to provide temporary specimen collection facilities where people suspected of having the disease are directed.
“These health workers are asking for dedicated clinics to be introduced to deal with patients presenting to hospitals and other testing facilities.”
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a coronavirus fighting fund that could total $1 billion.
Mr Morrison said the government had struck an agreement with states and territories to bear the health costs of tackling the coronavirus on a 50/50 basis and has put down an initial advance of $100 million.
Currently the government puts in 45 per cent.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said it was a stand-alone arrangement and not linked to any other funding arrangements.
But there are estimates the arrangement could actually cost the public health system a billion dollars.
NSW Premier Gladys said the latest phase of the virus spread in the state is an "an escalation".
"There is no doubt that we are not anywhere near the worst of this," Ms Berejiklian said. "We haven't even hit the winter months.
"What we need to do is learn from what has happened elsewhere to reduce the spread (of the virus) as much as possible," she said.
A high school in Victoria has asked a group of students and their families to self-isolate as it waits for coronavirus test results of two Indonesians on an exchange visit.
Shepparton's Goulburn Valley Grammar School is currently hosting 13 teenage exchange students from Indonesia and two staff.
Overnight the the school discovered the group had travelled to Melbourne on February 29 on a Singapore Airlines flight carrying a 40-year-old Tasmanian man who was later diagnosed with coronavirus.
Seventeen children who visited a care home, where five coronavirus cases have been confirmed, have been given the all clear.
NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said the children at the Banksia and Gumnut Cottage childcare centre were tested last night.
The children visited the Dorothy Henderson Lodge aged care centre in Macquarie Park where a resident has died from the disease.
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