MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Australian women's soccer team are still preparing for a trip to Wuhan for Olympic qualifiers early next month despite concerns about an outbreak of the new coronavirus in the Chinese city, head coach Ante Milicic has said.
Nine people are confirmed to have died and as many as 440 infected from the new SARS-like coronavirus now spreading across China after an outbreak in the central city of Wuhan.
Milicic said he had"full confidence" in the advice given to them from authorities including national governing body Football Federation Australia and the Asian Football Confederation . "I know we have got experts involved and they are monitoring the situation and they are in close contact not only with the people in China but the AFC and FIFA."
Taiwan, where one case of the coronavirus has been detected, has called on people not to visit Wuhan unless they absolutely have to.
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