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Coronavirus warning: Travelers from northern Italy must self-isolate – Sky News, Sky.com

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Coronavirus warning: Travelers from northern Italy must self-isolate – Sky News, Sky.com
                                                     

Anyone returning to the UK from parts of northern Italy now on lockdown because of coronavirus must self-isolate, the chief medical officer has said.

The government has updated its travel advice to say anyone returning from specific areas should stay indoors, avoid contact with other people and call NHS – even if they do not have symptoms.

People returning from the wider region – anywhere above but not including Pisa, Florence and Rimini – who do have flu-like symptoms must also self-isolate.

The latest advice could impact people returning from half-term skiing holidays.

So far (people in the UK have tested positive for COVID – 30; the latest four were travellers rescued from the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan.

 

  

BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 30: Chinese children wear plastic bottles as makeshift homemade protection and protective masks while waiting to check in to a flight at Beijing Capital Airport on January 30, 2020 in Beijing, China. The number of cases of a deadly new coronavirus rose to over 7000 in mainland China Thursday as the country continued to lock down the city of Wuhan in an effort to contain the spread of the pneumonia-like disease which medicals experts have confirmed can be passed from human to human. In an unprecedented move, Chinese authorities put travel restrictions on the city which is the epicentre of the virus and neighbouring municipalities affecting tens of millions of people. The number of those who have died from the virus in China climbed to over 170 on Thursday, mostly in Hubei province, and cases have been reported in other countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and France. The World Health Organization has warned all governments to be on alert, and its emergency committee is to meet later on Thursday to decide whether to declare a global health emergency. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 30: Chinese children wear plastic bottles as makeshift homemade protection and protective masks while waiting to check in to a flight at Beijing Capital Airport on January 30, 2020 in Beijing, China. The number of cases of a deadly new coronavirus rose to over 7000 in mainland China Thursday as the country continued to lock down the city of Wuhan in an effort to contain the spread of the pneumonia-like disease which medicals experts have confirmed can be passed from human to human. In an unprecedented move, Chinese authorities put travel restrictions on the city which is the epicentre of the virus and neighbouring municipalities affecting tens of millions of people. The number of those who have died from the virus in China climbed to over 170 on Thursday, mostly in Hubei province, and cases have been reported in other countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and France. The World Health Organization has warned all governments to be on alert, and its emergency committee is to meet later on Thursday to decide whether to declare a global health emergency. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 30: Chinese children wear plastic bottles as makeshift homemade protection and protective masks while waiting to check in to a flight at Beijing Capital Airport on January 30, 2020 in Beijing, China. The number of cases of a deadly new coronavirus rose to over 7000 in mainland China Thursday as the country continued to lock down the city of Wuhan in an effort to contain the spread of the pneumonia-like disease which medicals experts have confirmed can be passed from human to human. In an unprecedented move, Chinese authorities put travel restrictions on the city which is the epicentre of the virus and neighbouring municipalities affecting tens of millions of people. The number of those who have died from the virus in China climbed to over 170 on Thursday, mostly in Hubei province, and cases have been reported in other countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and France. The World Health Organization has warned all governments to be on alert, and its emergency committee is to meet later on Thursday to decide whether to declare a global health emergency. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)       

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         The virus originated in Wuhan, China
      

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he did not think any Britons were trapped in the areas being quarantined by the Italian government but the “significant outbreak” of cases there was “worrying”.

“I’m pretty worried,” he told Sky News’ Kay Burley @ Breakfast. “We’ve got the plans in place. At the moment the containment here is going well, but it’s my job to be worried.

“That’s what you’d expect of a health secretary in the middle of what is a global outbreak.

” There is a good chance that we contain this at this sort of level where the number of cases – although we expect more cases in the UK – the number of cases is relatively low as now. “

COVD – 20 has been fatal in 2% of reported cases, with the elderly and ill the most vulnerable, according to the World Health Organization.

More than people have had the disease and five have died, with a further two fatalities reported, in Italy so far.

  

BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 30: Chinese children wear plastic bottles as makeshift homemade protection and protective masks while waiting to check in to a flight at Beijing Capital Airport on January 30, 2020 in Beijing, China. The number of cases of a deadly new coronavirus rose to over 7000 in mainland China Thursday as the country continued to lock down the city of Wuhan in an effort to contain the spread of the pneumonia-like disease which medicals experts have confirmed can be passed from human to human. In an unprecedented move, Chinese authorities put travel restrictions on the city which is the epicentre of the virus and neighbouring municipalities affecting tens of millions of people. The number of those who have died from the virus in China climbed to over 170 on Thursday, mostly in Hubei province, and cases have been reported in other countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and France. The World Health Organization has warned all governments to be on alert, and its emergency committee is to meet later on Thursday to decide whether to declare a global health emergency. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)       

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         More cases have been reported in Italy, as the disease grows in Europe       

Among the worst-affected regions is Lombardy, which includes the country’s financial capital of Milan where major football games have been called off and cinemas and theaters were closed.

Authorities there are scrambling to contain the biggest outbreak of coronavirus in Europe , which has prompted Austria to assemble a special taskforce to consider border controls.

There are thought to be (towns on lockdown at the moment containing at least) , 06 inhabitants, with (police controlling) access points.

Those who refuse to stay put inside the zones could be jailed for up to three months.

COVID – 30 ori ginated in Wuhan, China, and was identified on (January.

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