Chief Medical Officer Confirms Wuhan Coronavirus Has Spread to UK

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England’s chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, has confirmed that the Wuhan coronavirus has spread to Britain, with two people from the same family infected.

“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 top physician reported.

“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,” he claimed.

Dr Michael Head, senior research fellow at the University of Southampton, told the Guardian the cases were “unsurprising”.

“Given the spread to other European and North American countries, it was really only a matter of time until the UK ended up with confirmed cases,” he said.