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Round 200 British and international nationals had been repatriated from Wuhan, the centre of the coronavirus outbreak, on Sunday
The UK authorities has declared coronavirus a “severe and imminent menace” to public well being.
Well being Secretary Matt Hancock has introduced measures in England to offer the federal government further powers to battle the unfold of the virus.
There have been greater than 40,000 instances of the virus globally, largely in China, the place it originated.
The entire variety of deaths in China is now 908 – however the variety of newly-infected individuals per day has stabilised.
A Division of Well being and Social Care spokesman mentioned: “We’re strengthening our laws so we will preserve people in supported isolation for their very own security and if public well being professionals think about they might be prone to spreading the virus to different members of the general public.
“This measure will rightly make it simpler for well being professionals to assist preserve individuals secure throughout the nation.”