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The BBC have announced that two patients in the UK have been diagnosed with the coronavirus.
No further details have been given other than they are both members of the same family and are receiving specialist NHS care.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51325192
At present, 83 Britons and 27 foreign nationals are flying back to the UK from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the centre of the outbreak.
The flight is due to land at RAF Brize Norton at 13:30 GMT.
The UK passengers will then be taken to Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral and quarantined for two weeks.
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One of the passengers they spoke to said he met a British honeymoon couple on the boat. The husband tested positive and has been removed to isolation and the wife is still symptom free so remains on the boat.
What a nightmare!
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I read that too. Exactly what I am thinking. He'll be in quarantine and she is out.
I would reckon she will get it too. Then she'll be in isolation. I can see no end to this
in reality. Could be there for years!! 
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@pgn wrote:Well, it might just have reached this far north-western outpost:
Or not.
Thankfully, false alarm here - local Health Trust says the mother who presented in casualty dept with her infant showing flu-like symptoms, after just returning from Hong Kong, has been given the all-clear for her and her child.📰
Some good news for a Friday 👍
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I feel sort of lucky to have returned from Thailand earlier than planned....
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@jonsie wrote:I feel sort of lucky to have returned from Thailand earlier than planned....
Every cloud, etc etc.
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This will become a pandemic sooner rather than later I fear.
