This photo shows a new coronavirus case in New South Wales.
It shows a purported screenshot of a Snapchat story from an account called @livenews101, which shows a NSW Ambulance vehicle and two people, one dressed in a protective suit., The text overlay in the image reads: “Hurstville - coronavirus is witnessed by neighbour” and “Any more send it in so we can keep everyone up to date”., Below is a screenshot of the misleading post:, The post’s caption reads, in part: “Since the post i shared got deleted imma go ahead and post it myself…, “Also confirmed in Rhodes, Burwood, Randwick/Kensington and Eastwood., “Its funny because if you google where the areas are that people have been confirmed to have the coronavirus, nothing comes up. It’s almost like they dont want us to know 🤔”., “Rhodes, Burwood, Randwick, Kensington and Eastwood” are all suburbs in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia., Since its emergence in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019, the novel coronavirus has killed at least 900 people and infected some 39,800 others in China alone, as reported here by AFP on February 10., The image was also shared here, here and here alongside a similar claim., The claim is false; the New South Wales health authority said no novel coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the suburb of Hurstville., In response to the photo in an email to AFP on February 6, 2020, a spokesperson for\xa0the New South Wales Ministry of Health said: “There are still only 4 confirmed cases in NSW and none of these are in Hurstville (or any of the other locations listed in the post you have linked to).”, As of February 10, 2020, Australia’s Department of Health has confirmed 15 cases of the novel coronavirus in the country., Below is a screenshot of the statement on February 10:, According to this press release by the NSW Ministry of Health, three of the four confirmed novel coronavirus patients in the state have been discharged;\xa0\xa0a 53-year-old male, a 35-year-old male and a 21-year-old female. The statement said\xa022\xa0other cases remained under investigation., , Copyright © AFP 2017-2020.  All rights reserved.  Users can access and consult this website and use the share features available for personal, private, and non-commercial purposes.  Any other use, in particular any reproduction, communication to the public or distribution of the content of this website, in whole or in part, for any other purpose and/or by any other means, without a specific licence agreement signed with AFP, is strictly prohibited.  The subject matter depicted or included via links within the Fact Checking content is provided to the extent necessary for correct understanding of the verification of the information concerned.  AFP has not obtained any rights from the authors or copyright owners of this third party content and shall incur no liability in this regard.  AFP and its logo are registered trademarks.
This photo was circulated as a hoax -- the New South Wales health authority said it is unrelated to the novel coronavirus in Australia | AFP Fact Check