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  • #31
    There are multiple sources claiming both men tested negative but not one retraction of the original reporting of positive results.
    Tests for coronavirus on two prisoners at HMP Bullingdon in Oxfordshire have come back negative, it is understood. The inmates were reportedly being kept in isolation in their cells while access to their prison wing was restricted after both were found suffering flu-like symptoms. A prisoners, who had been extradited to the UK from Thailand, was named as one of two inmates by
    Last edited by sharon sanders; February 12, 2020, 04:05 PM. Reason: added top sentence

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    • #32

      NHS INSTALL CORONAVIRUS ASSESSMENT CABINS IN CAR PARKS

      The NHS have sprung up makeshift “assessment pods” – cabins in car parks to separate any potential sufferers from the needy and unwell in A&E.

      Anyone who thinks they have the virus can enter the pods and phone up a specialist team.

      They will then be tested and if thought to be at risk, taken to a specialist quarantine ward.
      "The only security we have is our ability to adapt."

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      • #33
        A BABY boy has become the youngest Brit with suspected coronavirus as his petrified dad revealed “we’re in hell”. The eight-month-old tot and his mum have been put into quarantine…


        'WE'RE IN HELL' Dad’s agony as 8-month-old baby son becomes youngest Brit with suspected coronavirus after being treated by infected GP

        His dad, who did not wish to be named, said his son had "all the coronavirus symptoms" and feared his four-year-old daughter has also caught the deadly bug in Worthing, West Sussex.

        He told the Telegraph: "We're in hell, completely petrified. My ex-partner keeps breaking down in tears.

        “We’re staying in the house and giving the kids Calpol and paracetamol, but nothing's working.

        “My little boy has haemophilia and a lung condition, so he’s already poorly."
        "The only security we have is our ability to adapt."

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      • #34
        Thursday, 13th February 2020, 10:54 am
        Updated1 hour ago
        A woman in London has become the ninth person to test positive for the coronavirus in the UK.

        The case, confirmed on Wednesday evening, is the first recorded instance of the virus in the capital. The woman developed symptoms in Heathrow airport after visiting China.
        The patient, who is now being treated at a specialist NHS centre at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London, caught the virus while in China, England's Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty, said.
        ...https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/coronavi...-woman-1565434

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        • #35
          Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ital-uber-taxi


          London coronavirus patient turned up at hospital in Uber taxi
          Exclusive: woman arrived at Lewisham A&E unannounced after falling ill
          Denis Campbell Health policy editor
          Thu 13 Feb 2020 12.50 GMT

          The first person diagnosed with coronavirus in London turned up unannounced at a hospital in an Uber taxi after falling ill, the Guardian has been told.

          Two staff from Lewisham hospital in south London are now in isolation at home after coming into contact with the woman, a Chinese national who had recently arrived in the capital from China.

          Lewisham hospital on Thursday confirmed the unnamed patient had not followed public health officials’ advice and had simply “self-presented” at its A&E unit last Sunday afternoon...

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          • #36
            Overall summary of the respiratory viruses in circulation within the UK


            As of 13 February, a total of 2,521 people have been tested, of which 2,512 were confirmed negative and 9 positive.
            Updated testing figures from the Department of Health
            "The only security we have is our ability to adapt."

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            • #37
              Source: https://www.mylondon.news/news/north...on-gp-17742932

              London coronavirus live: Islington GP surgery closed due to deadly virus
              People are told to avoid the practice and call 111
              ByLucy Skoulding
              Updated14:34, 13 FEB 2020

              A GP practice in North London has closed due to the coronavirus.

              A notice on the surgery's website posted on Thursday, February 13 has confirmed it will be closed until Friday, February 14.

              The GP practice in question is Ritchie Street Health Centre in Islington.

              People are being told to avoid the practice even if they think they might have the deadly virus...

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              • #38
                hat tip friend of FluTrackers

                Person with confirmed coronavirus was at Westminster conference


                ????

                Financial Times wants to charge money to view this article. A greedy move in a disease outbreak. Can only read the title. Way to go Financial Times!




                There is no confirmation at this time.

                Viewer Beware


                We will update everyone as soon as we can get a confirmation or denial.

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                • #39
                  Source: https://www.ft.com/content/0d1c0eb0-...0-43d18ec715f5

                  Person with confirmed coronavirus was at Westminster conference
                  Organisers rush to trace contacts of participant at UK Bus Summit in QEII Centre

                  Bethan Staton and Sarah Neville in London an hour ago

                  ...The unknown individual attended the UK Bus Summit at the QEII Centre, one of London’s largest conference halls, in Westminster on February 6.

                  Transport Times, the conference organisers, emailed attenders on Thursday afternoon on the instruction of Public Health England, informing them that a person confirmed to have the virus had been to the conference...


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                  • #40
                    More here https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/109130...ses-nhs-china/

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                    • #41
                      Source: https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-...entre-17749990

                      Staff at Westminster's QEII conference centre told to self-isolate if they get coronavirus symptoms after man was diagnosed there
                      It's after a man who went to a conference there tested positive
                      By Julia Gregory Local Democracy Reporter
                      14:11, 14 FEB 2020

                      Health experts and council workers say they are working closely together to help prevent the spread of coronavirus after it emerged a man who has tested positive for the virus attended a conference in Westminster.

                      The unnamed patient attended the UK Bus Summit at the QEII conference centre on February 6 alongside 250 others.

                      So far nine people have been diagnosed with the virus in the UK. London’s first patient, who is not the person who attended the conference initially turned up to A&E in Lewisham...

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                      • #42
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                        Travellers on the United Airlines Flight 901 (pictured) from San Francisco were told by the captain to stay in their seats after landing because someone might have the deadly virus. Andy West, from Henley-on-Thames, told MailOnline said they were told they could be on the runway for a while because 'seven other planes' also had suspected cases. He revealed staff on the flight took the passenger to the back of the plane without wearing any protective gear or face masks and waited for health officials to come. London has been on red alert for more cases after the capital suffered its first confirmed patient on Wednesday (shown on map, bottom right). Almost 65,000 patients around the world have now caught the virus and nearly 1,400 have died.
                        "The only security we have is our ability to adapt."

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                        • kiwibird
                          kiwibird commented
                          Editing a comment
                          From same newspaper - the Mail Online "EIGHT planes are put on lockdown simultaneously on tarmac at Heathrow after passengers are suspected of having coronavirus
                          United Airlines Flight 901 from San Francisco locked down at 9am this morning after landing at the airport
                          Captain reportedly told passengers there was a suspected case on board theirs and seven other planes
                          London has been on red alert for more cases after its first confirmed diagnosis was announced on Wednesday"

                      • #43
                        Source: https://www.radioexe.co.uk/news-and-...id-19-patient/

                        Coronavirus: Two MPs self-isolate after attending same conference as COVID-19 patient
                        Friday, February 14th, 2020 4:17pm
                        One of the people diagnosed with coronavirus in the UK attended a conference near parliament last week along with about 250 other delegates - including two Labour MPs who are now self-isolating themselves.

                        The patient, who has not been named, attended the UK Bus Summit at Westminster's QEII Centre in central London on 6 February.

                        The event was described as the "premier bus event covering all parts of the UK".

                        Speakers and attendees included "key decision makers in government from around the UK" as well as bus and coach industry representatives.

                        Among the speakers listed were buses minister, Baroness Vere; junior transport minister, Nusrat Ghani - who lost her job in this week's government reshuffle; and various managing directors of bus firms.

                        Labour MP Alex Sobel revealed he was among the attendees of the summit and is now self-isolating himself after hearing about the presence of a coronavirus patient through media reports...

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                        • #44
                          A passenger fell ill with suspected coronavirus on a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Heathrow this morning.

                          A passenger fell ill with suspected coronavirus on a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Heathrow this morning.

                          The unnamed passenger was reportedly isolated at the back of the plane, but staff dealing with the incident were not said to be wearing face masks or protective clothing.

                          Other passengers were later released from the plane, but Andy West, from Henley-on-Thames, told Sky News that they were not given any advice about what to do next.

                          Public Health England have so far declined to comment on the individual case
                          "The only security we have is our ability to adapt."

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                          • #45
                            HOURS of misery in coronavirus lockdown at Heathrow: Passengers tell how family of eight from Malaysia were screened off by staff in hazmat suits aboard one of EIGHT flights quarantined simultaneously

                            • British Airways flight from Kuala Lumpur was held up on the tarmac for two hours when it landed at 6.45am
                            • Health workers in hazmat came on board the BA34 flight and set up a privacy tent around 'family of eight'
                            • United Airlines Flight 901 from San Francisco locked down at 9am this morning after landing at the airport
                            • Captain reportedly told passengers there was a suspected case on board theirs and seven other planes
                            UPDATED: 14:52 EST, 14 February 2020

                            Excerpt:
                            MailOnline understands a British Airways flight from Kuala Lumpur was held up on the tarmac for two hours when it landed at 6.45am after cabin crew grew concerned a Malaysian family 'of around eight' might have the contagious infection, now named SARS-CoV-2.
                            -snip-
                            A passenger on the BA34 flight from Kuala Lumpur told MailOnline: 'A family of around eight took ill at the back of the plane. Health workers in hazmats put up a screen around them and took everyone else off row by row.

                            'The other passengers were given health forms as they waited to get off the plane - it was on the tarmac for about two hours. But it's quite surprising that no one was tested before they got on the flight and when they landed.

                            ...https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...wn-runway.html

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