13 coronavirus cases reported in Australia

CANBERRA, Feb 5 (MENA) - An eight-year-old boy has been diagnosed with coronavirus, taking the number of confirmed cases in Australia to 13 people, CNN reported.

The child, from Wuhan which is the epicentre of the virus outbreak in the central China province of Hubei, was a member of a tour group travelling in Australia in late January.

Two other people from that group, a man, 44, and a woman, 42, also had the virus and Queensland health authorities had been scrambling to contact other people on their flights in case the infection had spread.