Brisbane Times takes a look back at how the virus spread through Queensland, and some of the states near misses.
January 2020
January 9: The World Health Organisation releases a statement regarding cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan. The WHO does not recommend any specific measures for travellers.
January 11: China reports the first death.
January 21: A Queensland man who visited family near Wuhan is the first person tested and quarantined for COVID-19 in Australia. He returns a negative swab.
January 25: Australias first confirmed case, a man who had flown to Melbourne.
January 28: A Chinese man tests positive for the virus on the Gold Coast, and is Queenslands first confirmed case. At this stage there are four confirmed coronavir…
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