TOO SCARED TO HELP:Bystanders ‘refused to carry out CPR’ on man who had a heart attack and died in Sydney’s Chinatown over fears he had the coronavirus
- Bystanders reportedly refused to give CPR to him out of fears of coronavirus
- The 60-year-old went into cardiac arrest outside a restaurant in Haymarket
- Paramedics were called and tried to revive the man but he died on the scene
- Restaurant managers said they were told that a man had collapsed outside
- The deadly virus has killed 133 people and infected more than 6,000
- Seven people have the virus after returning to Australia from Wuhan in China
Bystanders reportedly refused to give CPR to a Chinese man who had a heart attack and died over fears he had coronavirus, which has killed 133 people and infected more than 6,000.
The 60-year-old man died from a cardiac arrest outside a Masuya Suisan restaurant in Sydney’s Chinatown on Tuesday night.
Paramedics tried to revive the man at the Chinese restaurant on Campbell Street in Haymarket at around 8.30pm, but he died at the scene.
Restaurant managers said they were told by staff a man had collapsed outside, the Daily Telegraph reported.
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Paramedics tried to revive the man at the Chinese restaurant on Campbell Street in Haymarket at around 8.30pm, but he died at the scene
The 60-year-old man died from a cardiac arrest across the street from Masuya Suisan restaurant in Sydney’s Chinatown
The deadly coronavirus has infected more than 6,000 people around the world after spreading last month from the Chinese city of Wuhan – the epicentre of the outbreak – where more than 11million people are currently in lockdown.
Seven people have the virus after returning to Australia from Wuhan; four in NSW, two in Victoria and one in Queensland.
All are stable and being treated in hospital.
The latest case – and Queensland’s first – was confirmed on Wednesday night involving a 44-year-old Chinese national.
He was staying in a Gold Coast hotel and is now in isolation in a Gold Coast hospital.
The federal government plans to evacuate Australians from Wuhan with about 400 citizens registering to get out.
Restaurant managers said they were told by staff a man had collapsed outside
New South Wales Police said emergency services were called to Masuya Suisan restaurant on Campbell Street in Haymarket (pictured) just after 8.30pm
They will be flown to Christmas Island and put in quarantine for two weeks.
In New South Wales, coronavirus testing is ramping up as authorities await lab results for 16 new possible cases referred for investigation.
NSW chief medical officer Kerry Chant urged recent visitors to the Chinese province of Hubei to come forward.
‘We want to get the message out that people with low-level symptoms need to come forward,’ she said.
‘We want to detect those cases and it will help us to better understand the disease.’
Dr Chant on Wednesday afternoon confirmed 16 possible coronavirus cases were being investigated in NSW, including a two-year-old child.
Two people confirmed to be infected in NSW have improved significantly and could soon be released from hospital isolation, Dr Chant added.
There have been more than 40 people tested for the infection in NSW.
One million face masks will also be delivered to GPs around the country in a bid to stop the spread of the virus.
Coronavirus has killed 133 people and infected more than 6,000 worldwide since it spread last month from the Chinese city of Wuhan
‘We’ll be supporting the public and GPs through the allocation of up to 1 million masks for general practises,’ Health Minister Greg Hunt said on Wednesday.
Mr Hunt said the outbreak had the potential of becoming a ‘pandemic’ in Australia – where seven cases have been confirmed and several more are expected to emerge.
Australians have been urged to reconsider any travel to China and not to visit Hubei Province under any circumstances as the country struggles to contain coronavirus.
Mr Hunt advised anyone in Australia who has been to China’s Hubei province to now isolate themselves at home for 14 days after the visit.
The outbreak in mainland China is now bigger than the 2003 SARS epidemic, when 5,327 cases of the killer virus were confirmed.
However, it is still behind the total toll of the outbreak, which infected 8,000 people.
CORONAVIRUS CASES IN AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES: 4
January 25
– Three men aged 43, 53, and 35 who had recently travelled to China are confirmed to have contracted the disease.
– Two flew in from Wuhan while the other arrived in Sydney from Shenzhen, south China.
– They are being treated in isolation at Westmead Hospital and are in stable condition.
January 27
– A 21-year-old woman is identified as the fourth person to test positive for the illness in NSW.
– The woman, a student at UNSW, flew into Sydney International Airport on flight MU749 on January 23 and presented to the emergency department 24 hours later after developing flu-like symptoms.
– She is being treated in isolation at Westmead Hospital.
VICTORIA: 3
January 25
– A Chinese national aged in his 50s becomes the first confirmed case of the coronavirus in Australia.
– The man flew to Melbourne on China Southern flight CZ321 from Wuhan via Guangzhou on January 19.
– He is now in quarantined isolation at Monash Hospital in Clayton in Melbourne’s east.
January 29
– A Victorian man in his 60s is diagnosed with the coronavirus.
– He became unwell on January 23 – two days after returning from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak.
– The man was confirmed as positive on January 29 and was subsequently seen by doctors at the Monash Medical Centre. He was assessed as being well enough to stay at home.
January 30
– A woman in her 40s is found to have coronavirus.
– She was visiting from China and mostly spent time with her family.
– She is being treated at Royal Melbourne Hospital.
QUEENSLAND: 1
January 29
Queensland confirms its first case after a 44-year-old Chinese national wass diagnosed with the virus.
He is being treated at Gold Coast University Hospital.
CHINA: 2
January 30
– Two Australians have been confirmed as having the virus in Wuhan itself. Australia has raised the travel alert level to ‘do not travel’ for the city of Wuhan – the epicentre of the outbreak – and for the entire Hubei province.
– Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy says unless people have contact with someone who is unwell and has come from that part of China, there is no need for current concern.
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