Australia has confirmed its 14th case of the coronavirus.

Dr Jeannette Young, the chief health officer, said the latest case was the fourth confirmed positive test of novel coronavirus in Queensland.

She said:

The 37-year-old man, a Chinese national from Wuhan (Hubei province), is currently isolated in the Gold Coast University hospital (GCUH).

The man is a member of the same tour group travelling with the previously confirmed cases – a 44-year-old man, a 42-year-old woman and an eight-year-old boy.

All four people who have been confirmed to have novel coronavirus are stable.

The five others from the same tour group remain in isolation in GCUH.

Meanwhile, an Australian on a flight out of coronavirus-struck Wuhan to Auckland has written on the stress of his evacuation.

“I said my goodbyes to my grandparents at the house, they were holding back tears. My dad sent me into the airport. After he sat around for a few minutes I told him to go home, and I’ll look after myself from there on, the Guardian UK quoted him as writting

“There were a lot of us evacuating, with two or three other countries including us. Everyone’s wearing masks, and it was nerve-racking being around so many people in such close proximity. Hearing about a lot of evacuations with confirmed cases of the coronavirus on the flight, it was definitely not ideal to be around so many people at the airport.”