The Coronavirus Is Starting to Spread Across Britain. Here ’s What to Know

A man in his 80s became the sixth person infected with the new coronavirus to die in the U.K. on March 10, as the country announced 373 cases have been confirmed. COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, has killed more than 4,300 people and sickened more than 121,000 globally. It has been declared a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” by the World Health Organization. Here’s what to know about the situation in the U.K., and how the government is responding to the outbreak. How many COVID-19 cases does the U.K. have now? According to data from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering on Tuesday, March 10, there have been 382 cases of the disease in the U.K. The majority of cases have been in England, although Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have all confirmed multiple cases. The first cases in the U.K. were confirmed at the end of January. They were reported in the northern city of York, where two Chinese nationals tested positive for the coronavirus on January 29. On March 5, a woman with underlying health conditions became the first person in the U.K. to die from the disease after testing positive for the coronavirus. March 10 marked the second largest day-on-day increase in the country since the outbreak was first reported. Nadine Dorries, an elected member of parliament and a health minister, confirmed that she had tested positive for coronavirus the same day. After first reporting feeling ill last Fr...
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