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England - 2019-nCov cases - 136,873 cases; 28,657 deaths
Panic set in yesterday following the closure of a doctor’s surgery and schools as the number of coronavirus cases in the UK doubled within 24 hours.
A quarantined Britsh patient threatening to abscond from coronavirus facilities has forced the Health Secretary to tighten quarantine rules, the Telegraph has learned.
Matt Hancock on Monday declared the spread of the virus to be a "serious and imminent threat" to the public, giving the Government greater powers to fight the spread of the virus, in light of recent confirmed cases in Britain.
A Department of Health statement said: "The Secretary of State has made regulations to ensure that the public are protected as far as possible from the transmission of the virus.
"The Secretary of State declares that the incidence or transmission of novel coronavirus constitutes a serious and imminent threat to public health, and the measures outlined in these regulations are considered as an effective means of delaying or preventing further transmission of the virus."
"The only security we have is our ability to adapt."
Confirming the four new cases on Monday, chief medical officer for England Prof Chris Whitty said they were all "known contacts of a previously confirmed UK case, and the virus was passed on in France".
Four further patients in England have tested positive for novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases in the UK to eight.
The new cases are all known contacts of a previously confirmed UK case, and the virus was passed on in France.
Experts at Public Health England continue to work hard tracing patient contacts from the UK cases. They successfully identified these individuals and ensured the appropriate support was provided.
The patients have been transferred to specialist NHS centres at Guy’s and St Thomas’ and The Royal Free hospitals, and we are now using robust infection control measures to prevent further spread of the virus. The NHS is extremely well prepared to manage these cases and treat them, and we are working quickly to identify any further contacts these patients have had. For the latest advice visit gov.uk/coronavirus.
Patients of two GPs infected with coronavirus on a skiing holiday are being urgently traced today as health officials are handed emergency powers to detain travellers from China. The doctors were among four more people in Britain confirmed to have the coronavirus. They are understood to have been on
Patients of two GPs infected with coronavirus on a skiing holiday are being urgently traced today, as health officials were handed emergency powers to detain travellers from China.
"The only security we have is our ability to adapt."
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General:
"In recent days we have seen some concerning instances of onward transmission from people with no travel history to China, like the cases reported in France yesterday and the UK today.
The detection of this small number of cases could be the spark that becomes a bigger fire. But for now, it’s only a spark. Our objective remains containment. We call on all countries to use the window of opportunity we have to prevent a bigger fire."
A University of Sussex student has been quarantined after falling ill with suspected coronavirus. The undergraduate, who lives at Lewes Court halls, on the University’s Falmer campus, in Brighton, had just returned to the UK from overseas. They have now been taken to a hospital in the area for tests. Earlier today people in Hazmat suits and an ambulance were spotted outside the halls, with a video being shared on WhatsApp.
Prisoners at HMP Bullingdon are being tested for coronavirus.
THERE have been reports this afternoon of prisoners at HMP Bullingdon being tested for coronavirus.
Claims have included that two prisoners are being tested for it, cells have been shut down and that medics in hazmat suits have been seen.
As of 4pm, these claims are unconfirmed.
Public Health England said they could not comment on the claims.
A source told the Oxford Mail this morning that prisoners were told about the tests today, with one of the prisoners suspected to have the virus having recently been in Thailand
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"The only security we have is our ability to adapt."
The University of Sussex has written to all staff and students to let them know that a student on campus has been admitted to hospital, to be tested for Coronavirus.
A case of the virus has not been confirmed at this point in time. A spokesman said: “The student involved had returned recently from overseas and unfortunately started to feel unwell.
ANOTHER UK SURGERY FORCED TO CLOSE
A doctors' surgery was closed today following fears that a patient may have contracted deadly COVID-19.
The patient — rumoured to have visited Thailand — had booked into the extended hours surgery at Boundary House, Bracknell, Berks, after it was believed they had been exposed to the killer virus, staff confirmed. ...snip
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The surgery, on Mount Lane, Bracknell — which has just under 20,000 registered patients across three sites — posted a notice outside the building explaining to patients that the surgery was closed due to “unforeseen circumstances.”
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"The only security we have is our ability to adapt."
A prisoner who recently tested positive for coronavirus at a British prison had been transferred from a jail in Thailand, it has been reported.
Two prisoners were found to have the virus at HMP Bullingdon, near Bicester, Oxfordshire, and are being kept in isolation in their cells. The prison has a capacity of 1,114 inmates...https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/coronavi...tm_name=iossmf
Mark Rumble, 31, from Oxfordshire, was sent back to the UK from Thailand to face charges of a conspiracy to supply class A drugs and collapsed in prison days later.
"A prisoner at the centre of a suspected coronavirus outbreak at a high security jail has been revealed as an alleged drug-dealer kingpin who who was extradited back to the UK from Thailand on January 27. "
A new UK coronavirus case, believed to be a woman who flew into London from China, has been confirmed to the BBC.
It is understood she will be treated in St Thomas' Hospital, in central London, which has specialist infectious diseases facilities.
It comes after a senior health official said more cases of coronavirus were "highly likely".
Prof Paul Cosford, from Public Health England, told the BBC his teams were doing their best to contain the spread.
Meanwhile, all 83 people being held in quarantine at Arrowe Park Hospital in the Wirral have been told their final set of test results for the coronavirus have come back as negative, confirming they are all free of the virus.
It is expected they will be free to leave the accommodation on Thursday morning after two weeks in quarantine.
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Update on #coronavirus: A further patient in England has tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of cases in the UK to nine. The individual acquired the virus in China. More information:
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