Coronavirus closes in on Bali: Indonesia reports its first cases of the virus after an infected reveller went out partying in the nation's capital
- Indonesia has confirmed its first two cases of coronavirus since the outbreak
- A mother and daughter in Jakarta were diagnosed after catching it from a friend
- A family friend visited from Malaysia without realising she had coronavirus
Indonesia has confirmed its first two cases of coronavirus after a Japanese woman visited family friends in the nation's capital without realising she was infected.
The 41-year-old woman was living in Malaysia but visited Jakarta in February, where she went out dancing with a 31-year-old local woman on Valentines Day, February 14.
She began coughing the next day, and caught a flight home soon after.
The woman took herself to hospital 11 days later because the cough had not eased, and was subsequently diagnosed with coronavirus.
She phoned her family friend in Indonesia on February 28, who in turn was also tested for the deadly disease, Indonesian Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto said on Tuesday.
An ambulance arrives with a patient at Sulianti Saroso Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia after confirming its first two cases of coronavirus
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Medics have since confirmed the 31-year-old woman from Jakarta contracted the illness, and passed it onto her 64-year-old mother.
Two other people who live in the same household have been quarantined, but are yet to present with any symptoms.
Up until this point, Indonesia had remained largely isolated from the disease.
Although some authorities have suggested the lack of confirmed cases were likely because they simply hadn't been diagnosed yet.
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President Joko Widodo announced that a 64-year-old woman and her 31-year-old daughter were diagnosed with the disease
Medics in protective gear transported two coronavirus infected patients from their home to hospital
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison suggested the nation had less resources to test people who were arriving from disease-hit regions.
'It's a very big country with a lot of islands, and it would be very difficult to be able to give absolute assurances about those numbers,' he said.
Mr Putranto insisted Indonesia is following World Health Organisation standards for testing all potential coronavirus carriers.
The Japanese woman became Malaysia's 24th confirmed coronavirus case.
There are so far an estimated 90,433 cases across 76 countries. At least 3,118 people have died from the disease.
Australia's Chief Medical Adviser on Monday warned the nation's strategy no longer includes trying to stop the spread of coronavirus in Australia.
Instead, authorities are putting certain travel bans in place and taking the necessary precautions to slow the inevitable spread.
