Late on Thursday, Queensland Health authorities said a 42-year-old woman, a Chinese national, had also been diagnosed with coronavirus. She was also on the plane and was a member of the same tour group as the 44-year-old man also diagnosed with coronavirus. On Thursday night, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed a third case of coronavirus in Victoria. The woman, in her 40s, is visiting from the Hubei Province in China. She is in isolation at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. She had gone to a GP and was immediately referred to hospital. Two people who've been in close contact with her are being monitored for symptoms. DHHS will name other public places the woman has been once they are confirmed.

There are another eight people with pending results and another 71 with negative tests. As of Thursday night, there were three confirmed cases of coronavirus in Victoria, two in Queensland and four in New South Wales. Fourteen Victorians are being tested for coronavirus, while 61 people who were initially suspected of having the virus have been cleared. The Box Hill Chinese New Year Festival, which was expected to draw tens of thousands of people on Saturday, has been postponed by organisers over "cultural and commercial reasons and out of respect for the difficulties currently being experienced by many people". Meanwhile, patrons at a popular Chinese restaurant in Glen Waverley called House of Delight may have also been exposed to coronavirus after a man in his 60s dined there on Sunday night.

House of Delight in Glen Waverley, where a man with coronavirus dined on Sunday night. Credit:Joe Armao Loading The man became sick on January 23, two days after returning from Wuhan in China - the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak - and had been largely isolated at home, except for attending dinner with his family on Australia Day. He dined with five family members at the House of Delight on Montclair Avenue between 5.30 and 7pm. Victoria’s chief health officer Dr Brett Sutton urged anyone who was at the restaurant during that time to be aware of symptoms, but stressed the risk of diners contracting the virus was low.

The man is now recovering at home, Dr Sutton said. "The risk of transmission, although not absolutely excluded, is very low," he said. "That restaurant is OK to go to now, people don’t need to avoid the area or indeed anywhere else." However, the restaurant was closed on Thursday, with a sign on its door saying it would not re-open until February 9. The House of Delight was closed on Thursday. Credit:Joe Armao Whitehorse mayor Sharon Ellis said she was shocked one of Melbourne's biggest annual Lunar New Year events had been cancelled and was hoping to have further discussions with organisers the Asian Business Association of Whitehorse (ABAW).

"I was taken aback because we weren't foreseeing this," Cr Ellis said. "But ultimately it's an ABAW event, so it's their call on whether or not it is cancelled." Lunar New Year celebrations in Melbourne’s east have been cancelled amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak. Credit:AP When asked whether she thought is was an overly cautious move, Cr Ellis said she understood the organisers' reasons for cancelling it. "Sometimes people have to lean on the side of caution," Cr Ellis said. "If there are concerns, it can take the shine off the event." The celebrations are expected to be rescheduled.

Lunar New Year celebrations in Carnegie, in Melbourne's south-east, will go ahead on Saturday. Loading Replay Replay video Play video Play video The Transport Workers Union has also raised concerns about the welfare of staff on Monday's Tigerair flight and airport employees across Australia. Loading "We need the federal government to ensure that all airports and airlines have adequate policies in place," TWU national secretary Michael Kaine said.