England - 2019-nCov cases - 136,873 cases; 28,657 deaths

[tetano]

Two people in England have been diagnosed with the Wuhan coronavirus.

The patients are members of the same family and are the first English people to be diagnosed with it on British soil.

Until today, at least 161 people had tested negative for the virus but none had been diagnosed with it.

The infection makes England the 23rd country or territory outside of China to declare the infection has spread there.




The Department of Health said it would not reveal any details of who the patients are or where they are being looked after.

It did, however, confirm that they are not in Wirral, Merseyside, where people being evacuated from the centre of the outbreak will be quarantined later today


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...EHYCXTVgoWnCIk

 

[ming]

Typical UK - refusing to say where they are. Very helpful.

 

[kiwibird]

The two patients who tested positive for coronavirus in England are being treated in an infectious disease unit in Newcastle. from LBC News Twitter feed.

 

[kiwibird]

The man, who was a guest at the Staycity Hotel in the centre of York, was taken to hospital, together with family members, by medics.

In a statement, Professor Chris Whitty the Chief Medical Officer, said: "We can confirm that two patients in England, who are members of the same family, have tested positive for coronavirus. The patients are receiving specialist NHS care, and we are using tried and tested infection control procedures to prevent further spread of the virus. snip...https://www.lbcnews.co.uk/uk-news/coronavirus-arrives-in-uk-two-patients-test-positi/

 

[kiwibird]

https://twitter.com/CheshireLive/status/1223204101477085188

Updates from Arrowe Park Hospital as around 80 British nationals make their way to a coronavirus quarantine facility at the Wirral hospital.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

CMO confirms cases of coronavirus in England


Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty, statement about cases of novel coronavirus in England.


Published 31 January 2020 From: Department of Health and Social Care

We can confirm that two patients in England, who are members of the same family, have tested positive for coronavirus. The patients are receiving specialist NHS care, and we are using tried and tested infection control procedures to prevent further spread of the virus.

The NHS is extremely well-prepared and used to managing infections and we are already working rapidly to identify any contacts the patients had, to prevent further spread.

We have been preparing for UK cases of novel coronavirus and we have robust infection control measures in place to respond immediately. We are continuing to work closely with the World Health Organization and the international community as the outbreak in China develops to ensure we are ready for all eventualities.

 

[ming]

Thank you Kiwibird and Gert.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

[h=1]Two UK coronavirus patients being treated in northern England[/h]

jan 31, 2020

LONDON (Reuters) - The first two people in Britain to be diagnosed with the new coronavirus are being treated in a hospital in Newcastle, northeast England, Britain’s health ministry said on Friday.

England’s chief medical officer had previously said he would not give the location of the two patients, both from the same family, while medics attempted to contact other people they might have spread the infection to.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

[h=1]Yorkshire student with coronavirus has not been on campus since being exposed to the virus, university says[/h] [h=2]02 02 2020

University officials have moved to reassure the community in York after it emerged one of the first two people to test positive for coronavirus is a student in the city.[/h] The unnamed student has not been on campus since being infected and was not there in the period beforehand either, a spokesman for the University of York confirmed on Saturday evening.

He stressed the risk to staff and students is therefore low.

The pair - who are related - remain the only two confirmed cases in Britain of coronavirus, which has killed more than 250 people in China.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Chinese soldier from Shanghai reportedly cared for at Manor Hospital, Walsall

02 02 2020

A third patient has tested positive for the coronavirus in the UK, it has been claimed.

A Chinese soldier from Shanghai is reportedly being cared for at the Manor Hospital, Walsall, West Midlands.

It is thought he arrived at the hospital on Friday or in the early hours of Saturday morning.

A source says he has been diagnosed with the coronavirus.

He is being held in an isolated room in the intensive care department, it is claimed.

The man is being cared for with doctors in full protective clothing and the blinds are down and other staff are not being allowed in.

The man would be the third person in the UK to test positive for the coronavirus, after two people from York.

 

[kiwibird]

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/uks-third-coronavirus-case-reported-17674789
Reports of Britain's THIRD coronavirus case in Walsall have been dismissed today - after the Department of Health issued a rebuttal.

According to reports in national media outlets, a Chinese soldier allegedly "tested positive" for the virus - but this has since been denied....snip
Multiple sources report this. This does not appear on the Department of Health website however - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care

 

[kiwibird]

https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/01/uk-coronavirus-hotel-kept-dark-five-hours-health-officials-12164835/

The hotel at the centre of the UK’s first coronavirus case says health officials did not alert management guests had the deadly illness until ‘five hours’ after test results came back positive.


Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/01/uk-c...-hours-health-officials-12164835/?ito=cbshare

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MetroUK | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MetroUK/

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51398039

Coronavirus: Third case confirmed in the UK
3 minutes ago

A third patient in the UK has tested positive for coronavirus, England's chief medical officer has said.

The individual did not contract the virus in the UK, Prof Chris Whitty said.

"The patient is being transferred to a specialist NHS centre, and we are using robust infection control measures to prevent any possible further spread of the virus," he said...

 

[kiwibird]

[h=2]https://www.theguardian.com/world/l...iruses-outbreak-death-toll-latest-update-news
Third UK coronavirus case caught disease outside China[/h]
Simon Murphy

The third person to be diagnosed with coronavirus in the UK contracted the disease outside of China, it has emerged.

The patient, who it is understood was diagnosed in Brighton but is being transferred to a London hospital, did not contract the disease in the UK or mainland China but another country in Asia.
....

NHS doctors are now being advised to widen the pool of countries to look out for individuals returning who display symptoms.

...snip

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/182...hove-caught-deadly-virus-business-conference/

29 mins ago
Coronavirus victim from Hove 'caught deadly virus at business conference'
By Charlotte Ikonen News Editor
There are now three confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK
Coronavirus

A MAN from Hove who contracted the coronavirus visited a business conference at a five-star ?1,000-a-night Singapore hotel where at least three other Asian delegates also caught the disease, it has emerged.

The business event at the Grand Hyatt Singapore that has been was hosted by a global gas analysis company with offices in Europe and Asia.

The conference, held over three days from January 20, was organised by British firm Servomex, Chinese evening daily Lianhe Wanbao reported...

 

[kiwibird]

https://news.sky.com/story/brighton-student-told-to-self-isolate-over-coronavirus-link-11928979
A student has been told to self-isolate for 14 days following a confirmed case of coronavirus in Brighton.

In a message sent to parents on Friday, Portslade Aldridge Community Academy (PACA) said: "As I am sure many of you are aware, media outlets reported on Thursday of a first confirmed case of the coronavirus in Brighton.

"We are working in collaboration with and being guided by the local authority and Public Health England to ensure that we at PACA are acting consistently with the right medical advice.

"Today we have been contacted by a parent of a student at PACA who was contacted by Public Health England as part of their investigation concerning the confirmed case that was reported in the press yesterday.

"We have been informed by the parent that they have been advised by Public Health England to self-isolate their child at home for 14 days. If at any point the child is found to be symptomatic we will be notified."
...snip

 

[kiwibird]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51430654

[h=1]Coronavirus: Fourth patient in UK diagnosed[/h] A fourth person has tested positive for coronavirus in the UK, England's chief medical officer has said.

The new case is a known contact of a previous British patient, and caught the virus in France.

It comes after around 200 British and foreign nationals evacuated from Wuhan on the UK's final rescue flight arrived at RAF Brize Norton on Sunday.

...snip

 

[kiwibird]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/10/coronavirus-news-uk-china-wuhan-virus-outbreak-latest/

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."

 

[kiwibird]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51442314

snip...

The number of people infected by the coronavirus in the UK has doubled to eight - after four more patients in England tested positive for the virus.

It comes as the government announced new powers to keep people in quarantine to stop the spread of the virus.

In order to do this the Department of Health has described the coronavirus as a "serious and imminent threat" to public health.

 

[kiwibird]

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".