Australia's home affairs minister tests positive for Covid-19

Australia's Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton has confirmed he has coronavirus, and was admitted to hospital after he woke up with symptoms on Friday, The Guardian reports.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and other cabinet ministers do not need to self-isolate, according to the advice of the deputy chief medical officer.

Dutton attended a cabinet meeting in person on Tuesday, but did not attend a Thursday national security meeting. The advice given to the PM is that only those who had contact with Dutton in the 24 hours before he became symptomatic need to be isolated or tested.

Dutton had been in the US recently, and met with Ivanka Trump and the US attorney general on 6 March, though it is not known when he contracted the virus.

Australia's tally of coronavirus cases stands at 156, with three fatalities.