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Two coronavirus cases confirmed in UK
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51325192Two coronavirus cases confirmed in UK
45 minutes ago
Two people have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK, the chief medical officer for England has announced.
They are both members of the same family and are receiving specialist NHS care.
No more details are being released about their identity or where they are being treated.
At least 213 people in the China have died from the virus, mostly in Hubei, with almost 10,000 cases nationally.
There have been 98 cases of the virus in another 18 countries.
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