Scumo waiting for things to get really bad before he does anything just like he did with the fires !
Thousands of Australians have been exposed to coronavirus as 167 flights and 49,000 passengers continue to arrive WEEKLY from China - and outbreak is now declared to be a global emergency
Nine people in Australia are confirmed to be infected with coronavirus
All arrived in Australia from China, where the outbreak began last month
Almost 2,000 were on their planes and hundreds of others exposed afterwards
Chinese health authorities confirmed patients contagious before symptoms
One patient had dinner in popular restaurant and another was in a tour groupThousands of people could have been exposed to the coronavirus in Australia by the country's nine confirmed patients alone - as up to 49,000 people land on flights from China per week and a global health emergency is declared.
Four people in Sydney, three in Melbourne, and two on the Gold Coast have been struck down with the deadly virus in recent weeks.
Each one flew in from Wuhan, the Chinese city where the outbreak began, on planes packed with hundreds of potential victims.
At least a day passed after they arrived before they developed flu-like symptoms and eventually went to hospital.
During this time when they didn't know they were sick, they interacted with hundreds of people each, some of whom could now be infected.
One patient was even allowed out of isolation to celebrate Australia Day at a restaurant with his family while he was waiting for test results.
People they infected will be going about their lives on crowded trains and buses, having business meetings, and sharing meals - potentially passing the virus on.
This is just from the nine confirmed cases - more than a dozen other people are being tested after developing symptoms associated with the virus.
It comes as China's coronavirus death toll hits 170 and the World Health Organisation declares a global health emergency.
Speaking to reporters, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said: 'The main reason for this declaration is not because of what is happening in China, but because of what is happening in other countries.
'Our greatest concern is the potential for the virus to spread to countries with weaker health systems, and which are ill-prepared to deal with it.'
Russia, which has no cases of the virus, is closing its 2,600-mile border with China, joining Mongolia and North Korea in barring crossings to guard against the outbreak.
Train traffic between the countries was halted except for one train connecting Moscow and Beijing, but air traffic between the two countries continued.
On Thursday Israel banned all incoming flights from China and 6,000 people in Italy were prevented from leaving a cruise ship while tests were carried out on a passenger from Macau.
Australia and New Zealand are planning a joint evacuation of citizens from Wuhan while Singapore is setting up a quarantine facility on an island to the city's north-east.
Meanwhile, the United States and South Korea confirmed their first cases of person-to-person spread of the virus.
The man in the US is married to a 60-year-old Chicago woman who got sick from the virus after she returned from a trip to Wuhan, the Chinese city that is the epicentre of the outbreak.
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