It is likely those in the medical profession, along with the widespread general public, "doesn't properly understand" a variety of facets relating to the deadly coronavirus, according to broadcaster Kel Richards. "The problem is we don't understand it ... in fact, I suspect the medical profession doesn't properly understand it, they're still learning things about it," Mr Richards told Sky News.
Australia is escalating its response to the coronavirus, announcing a new travel ban on foreigners arriving from Iran after a Queensland woman who travelled to Iran contracted the disease.
The global risk of the virus is now at the highest possible level and the World Health Organisation announced it has spread to more than 50 countries, infecting more than 80,000 people and killed 2,800.
The World Health Organisation have delayed declaring a pandemic and said the disease can be contained if countries act quickly.
Mr Richards said, within the medical profession, "they're still working out how it works, they don't know its infection rate, they don't know its death rate".
"It appears to be the case that you can be very easily infected ... it looks as though it's much easier to catch than SARS was".
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