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February 04, 2020 23: 15:06
An eight-year-old boy has been validated as Queensland’s third case of the potentially lethal coronavirus.
Key points:
- The boy is the first kid in Australia validated to have coronavirus
- He was taking a trip in the very same trip group as the two other confirmed cases in Queensland
- The number of deaths in China has actually risen to over 400, with over 20,000 infected on the mainland
The child, who is Chinese and from the virus epicentre of Wuhan, was confirmed to have the infection by Queensland health officials on Tuesday night.
He was travelling in the exact same tour group as the 44- year-old guy and a 42- year-old woman who have actually been