Coronavirus reaches Europe for the first time as two cases confirmed in France – The Sun, Thesun.co.uk

Two people seen with the protective gear outside Edinburgh Castle Credit: Getty Images – Getty One patient has been hospitalized in Paris and the other in the southwestern city of Bordeaux.

The shock news comes as it emerged a flight that landed at Charles de Gaulle airport yesterday left Wuhan AFTER the city was put in quarantine with all travel meant to be banned

French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn said during a press conference these were the first two cases in Europe.

The minister added it was likely other cases would arise in the country.

She said she believes France is the first European country to have confirmed cases because it has developed a test allowing medics to rapidly diagnose the sickened.

She added: “You have to treat an epidemic as you would a fire, that’s to say find the source very quickly.”

One of the cases, a – year-old man, passed through Wuhan before traveling to France on Wednesday.

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Fears over th e spread of the bug are starting to grip the UK Credit: EPA Panicked Chinese students have now started rushing to buy surgical masks as coronavirus fears grip the University of Edinburgh.

A university p harmacy has run out of masks after selling more than a year worth of stock in just one day.

Boots stores in the city have also “completely run out” and a sign in one store read “unfortunately we do not have any surgical or face masks in store”.

Some people are said to have taken to using bizarre techniques such as drinking rice vinegar to fight the risk of contracting the killer virus.

And stories are emerging of some students locking themselves inside.

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has a long incubation time and virtually the same symptoms as the flu, so the full scale of an outbreak in the UK won’t be known for weeks.

Professor Robert Dingwall, a public health expert at Nottingham Trent University, told The Sun Online it would impossible to know just how many people could be infected by the killer virus for two weeks.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock chaired an emergency COBRA meeting at midday as the government come under pressure to contain the outbreak as soon as possible.

Meanwhile GPs have warned that anyone showing symptoms of coronavirus should be locked down in quarantine to stop it from spreading across our shores in a similar devastating fashion.

Fourteen people have been tested for the virus, with five confirmed negative and nine still awaiting results, Public Health England (PHE) said on Thursday night.

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The Scottish Government had earlier confirmed that five people were being examined after presenting with symptoms of the illness, while it was understood that another patient was being tested at Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital.

After emerging in the city of Wuhan, the deadly coronavirus has continued its relentless global march, with the number of nations affected almost doubling overnight.

Confirmed cases have skyrocketed to more than in China alone, officials said.

Vietnam, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong all now have confirmed cases – alongside the US, China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.

But the World Health Organization last night refused to declare a global public health emergency, saying it was “too early”.

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Four major Chinese cities are in lockdown with million people in quarantine, with evidence of human to human transmission .

Officials have restricted travel in virus epicentre Wuhan, which is home to million, as well as neighbor Huanggang, Ezhou and Lichuan.

Medics attend to a patient suspected to have been struck down by coronavirus in Hong Kong Credit: Reuters

A woman arrives at London Heathrow from China on Thursday wearing a face mask Credit: SWNS: South West News Service

Health warnings have been posted around the UK’s airports Cre dit: Simon Jones – The Sun

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There was a police presence outside the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, where it is understood at least one person is being treated in isolation Credit: SWNS: South West News Service

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A woman wears a mask as she walks through China Town in London Credit: AFP or licensors

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A worker sprays disinfectant at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, as countries around the world deal with the epidemic Credit: AFP or licensors

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