Another patient has tested positive for coronavirus in England, bringing the total number of UK cases to four, the chief medical officer has said.
Professor Chris Whitty said the new case is a known contact of a previously confirmed UK case and the virus was passed on in France.
Update on #coronavirus:
A further patient in England has tested positive for coronavirus bringing the total number of cases in the UK to four. The individual acquired the virus in France.
Full statement from Professor Chris Whitty, @CMO_England:
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He said: "Experts at Public Health England continue to work hard tracing patient contacts from the UK cases. They successfully identified this individual and ensured the appropriate support was provided.
"The patient has been transferred to a specialist NHS centre at The Royal Free Hospital, and we are now using robust infection control measures to prevent any possible further spread of the virus."
It also emerged on Sunday that a British man tested positive for coronavirus in Majorca, according to Spain's National Centre for Microbiology.
