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The variety of coronavirus instances within the UK has now reached 373, an increase of 54 from Monday’s determine.
It comes as a person in his early 80s turned the sixth particular person to die within the UK with the virus.
In the meantime, airlines have cut hundreds of flights together with to and from Italy after the nation was placed on lockdown.
Earlier, England’s deputy chief medical officer defended the choice to delay closing faculties and introducing different stringent measures.
Dr Jenny Harries mentioned specialists are assessing new instances on an hourly foundation to attain a “balanced response”.
The latest figures as of 9:00 GMT on Tuesday embrace 324 instances in England, 27 in Scotland, 16 in Northern Ireland and 6 in Wales.
Of the instances in England, there are 91 in London, with the subsequent highest contaminated space being the South East, which has 51 instances. Circumstances by native council space in England can be viewed here.
The latest person to die, on Monday night, was a person with underlying well being situations who was being handled at Watford Normal Hospital, the West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Belief mentioned.
He caught the virus within the UK and officers are attempting to hint who he was involved with, the nation’s chief medical adviser Prof Chris Whitty mentioned.
In different developments:
- The UK Overseas Workplace warned Britons in opposition to all however important journey to Italy after the country was placed in lockdown
- Italian vacationers have been advised to self-isolate on arrival in Britain as a number of UK airways cancelled flights to and from Italian airports
- The proprietor of Nottingham Forest FC, Evangelos Marinakis, has tested positive after returning to Greece from the UK
- Workers at chocolate maker Cadbury are having their temperatures taken as a “precautionary measure”
- Nice Ormond Avenue youngsters’s hospital cancelled some non-essential cardiac operations for 2 weeks after a well being employee in its cardiology division examined optimistic for the virus
- A Sky name centre in Cardiff has been evacuated after a employee was diagnosed with the virus
- Jail campaigners on the Howard League for Penal Reform have raised considerations that “unhygienic” prisons may very well be “a centre for spreading the virus” as they referred to as on the federal government to disclose its plan to guard inmates
- Royal Financial institution of Scotland mentioned it could enable clients to defer mortgage funds if wanted
- The NHS partnered with know-how companies to assist promote official well being recommendation on-line
- New analysis confirmed that, on common, it took 5 days for people to show symptoms of the virus
Italy’s prolonged quarantine measures require residents to remain residence, search permission for important journey, and provides justification for leaving the nation.
British Airways has cancelled all of its flights to and from Italy till four April, and has requested workers to take voluntary unpaid go away.
BA mentioned clients because of fly to or from Italy earlier than four April can rebook to a later date till the top of Could, transfer their vacation spot to Geneva or Zurich, or obtain a full refund.
Son speaks of father’s dying
On Sunday, a 60-year-old man from Higher Manchester turned the third particular person to die after contracting coronavirus. He had not too long ago visited northern Italy.
The son mentioned his father fell sick “immediately” after returning to the UK on the finish of February. He attended an area well being centre for a routine appointment and, when he mentioned he had been to Italy, “panic broke out”.
The person was taken to North Manchester Normal Hospital and the remainder of his household was advised to self-isolate, with Public Well being England sending each day texts asking in the event that they have been displaying signs.
“Since we can’t go exterior we often referred to as the ward the place he was sick,” the man’s son told BBC Bengali. “And each day and we requested them how he was. They didn’t enable me to talk to him straight.
“The primary couple of days he was pretty secure however after that they have been saying his blood was not oxygenated sufficient. Additionally his heartbeat was not secure both.”
The son mentioned his father – who had underlying situations – was “wholesome” by his personal requirements
The son mentioned they then obtained a telephone name from the hospital saying his…