Read the transcript of Chief Medical Officer Professor Brendan Murphy's press conference about coronavirus (COVID-19). BRENDAN MURPHY: … about 109,000 cases, 80 in Australia confirmed now with plus the three people who have unfortunately died.
The main story remains the growth in cases now outside of mainland China, with a number of countries showing continued growth.
And as expected, we're seeing continued importation of cases from a number of countries, particularly concerning recently is the further growth across Europe, not just in Italy, but in France, in Germany and other countries.
So, we do have significant community transmission now in a number of countries. In Australia, we still only have one instance of community transmission in