Australia confirms 3 virus cases in New South Wales

Australian health authorities in New South Wales state announced on Saturday three confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in Sydney.

New South Wales State Health Minister Brad Hazard told reporters the three men had "some connection with Wuhan or Hubei province."

He said the three men aged, 53, 43 and 35, are in isolation at one of Sydney's major hospital.

There are now four cases of the virus in Australia after Victoria state health authorities announced earlier on Saturday that a Chinese man in his 50s who last week returned from China had contracted the virus.