Britain on Monday said the number of confirmed coronavirus cases had doubled to ...
FILE PHOTO: Passengers from China disembark from a plane at RAF Brize Norton near Oxford, Britain, February 9, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
Alarm over the coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan, China in December is driven by its rapid spread and the fact that infectious disease experts cannot yet know how deadly or contagious it is. “Four further patients in England have tested positive for novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases in the UK to eight,” England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said.
Health minister Matt Hancock declared the virus “a serious and imminent threat to public health”, a step that gives the government more powers to isolate people.
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