Concerns for more than 170 people who flew to Gold Coast with coronavirus patient | ABC News

Australian authorities are trying to track down more than 150 people on who shared a flight to Queensland with a Chinese man has coronavirus.

Eight members of the man's tour group are also in hospital in isolation.

There are two confirmed cases in Victoria.

Four in New South Wales — two of which have since been cleared and sent home.

The federal government is also continuing efforts to try to evacuate Australian citizens stuck in China.

Image: AAP/Tiger Airways

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