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Timeline: how Australia responded to the coronavirus outbreak
As knowledge of the coronavirus evolved, Australia’s response escalated with stricter exclusion measures
The understanding of the novel coronavirus has evolved, with authorities now conceding that person-to-person transmission has occurred outside Hubei – even in some circumstances where the sick person displayed few or no symptoms.
Australia’s response to the coronavirus has escalated from suggesting only those in direct contact with the sick should be excluded from school, to warnings in some states that all students returning from China should stay away for a fortnight.