Fourth UK coronavirus case confirmed as evacuation plane lands in UK

Fourth UK coronavirus case confirmed as evacuation plane lands in UK

Thanks for watching my video. If you like my videos, please subscribe to the channel to receive the latest videos Videos can use content-based copyright law contains reasonable use Fair Use (https://www.youtube.com/yt/copyright/). For any copyright, please send me a message.  Another patient has tested positive for coronavirus in England, bringing the total number of UK cases to four, the chief medical officer has said. The individual had also been to the French Alps where another five Britons contracted the virus from a British man who caught the illness in Singapore.  Professor Chris Whitty said the new case is a known contact of a previously confirmed UK case and the virus was passed on in France. He said: "Experts at Public Health England continue to work hard tracing patient contacts from the UK cases. They successfully identified this individual and ensured the appropriate support was provided. "The patient has been transferred to a specialist NHS centre at The Royal Free Hospital, and we are now using robust infection control measures to prevent any possible further spread of the virus."  Mr Whitty added that the NHS is "extremely well prepared" to manage the virus cases and treat them.  It also emerged on Sunday that a British man tested positive for coronavirus in Majorca, according to Spain's National Centre for Microbiology.  The latest key points on UK coronavirus cases:Fourth person in England tests positive for coronavirusBritish man tests positive for coronavirus in Majorca - becoming second confirmed case in SpainFive British nationals diagnosed with coronavirus after staying at French ski resortNew UK cases linked to British man who contracted virus in SingaporeSecond evacuation plane lands in UK from Wuhan, China, carrying 200 passengersBritish ambassador admits mistakes in evacuation of Britons from Wuhan This patient was also at the Les Contamines-Montjoie resort where five people were diagnosed with the virus. He and three family members were taken into observation in Majorca on Friday. His wife and daughters tested negative for the illness. It is the second case of the fast-spreading new virus to be confirmed in Spain and the first on the island of Majorca. News of the latest case involving a Briton emerged after an evacuation flight out of the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, landed in the UK on Sunday morning.  The death toll in China from the coronavirus has risen to 813, surpassing SARS fatalities in the 2002-2003 outbreak. The plane had more than 200 people on board, including non British nationals, the British government said. The passengers also included British government staff and military medics and arrived at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire on Sunday morning. Two British nationals were not allowed to board the flight after they initially failed a temperature checks, although later checks were normal. One of them, Josh Skarratts, told Sky News: "Now we are stranded in Wu