It's now a matter of when, not if, for Australia. This is how we're preparing for a jump in coronavirus cases
- Written by Katherine Gibney, NHMRC early career fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity

While countries around the globe have been taking precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, it has now been reported in 37 countries outside China.
As of February 26, close to 3,000 cases and 43 deaths had been recorded outside China. In Australia, we’ve so far seen 23 cases across...