The extraordinary lengths one commuter with a hula-hoop goes to to protect himself from coronavirus<br />Video shows a man wearing a homemade HAZMAT suit with a hula hoop <br />The footage was captured in Dubbo in the New South Wales Central West <br />The region has five confirmed cases of coronavirus but Dubbo has zero <br />Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should you see a doctor?<br />A man went to extraordinary lengths to protect himself from the coronavirus as he wore face-mask and hula-hoop on his commute. <br /><br />Footage shows the Australian walking down Erskine Street in Dubbo, in the New South Wales Central West suited up to protect himself from becoming infected.<br /><br />The video was captured by Twitter user Jake Smith on Tuesday who said it's 'not the sort of thing you'd see every day out here.'<br /><br />The video comes 24 hours after the introduction of tough regulations by the federal government on Wednesday around social distancing and public gatherings. <br />Smith said he was a 'bit taken back to see such drastic measures being taken in a regional area.' <br /><br />Dubbo has a population of 38,392 as of June 2018, according to the latest Census.<br /><br />A spokesperson for the Western New South Wales local health district confirmed there have been five confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the region, however none of these were in Dubbo. <br /><br />
