Coronavirus outbreak: Britain confirms 13 new cases, total surpasses 35

Amid coronavirus outbreak, British officials have reported 13 new cases, bringing total number of confirmed cases of infection to 36. According to international media reports, among new cases, twelve people were from England and one in Scotland. Scottish government reportedly said that patient, who is a Tayside resident, was under treatment in isolation at a hospital. 

British health authorities said that three of new coronavirus cases in England are linked to a man from Surrey, who was first to have contracted dely disease within UK. health authorities furr reported that ar eight patient h recently travelled back from affected countries, six from Italy and two from Iran. Furrmore, ar patient, who is a resident of Essex, h 'relevant travel' and it is unclear how patient contracted virus. 

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Boris Johnson to chair a meeting

As per reports, a meeting is expected to take place on Monday by government's emergency response committee which will be chaired by British PM Boris Johnson. move signifies stepping up Britain's preparations for dely outbreak which originated in China and has alrey claimed more than 3000 lives worldwide.

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Health Minister of UK Matt Hancock told British media that y have ir own strategy to contain spre of virus which is a challenging task. He ded that UK Health Ministry is making plans in case situation gets worse. According to reports, if government finds virus spreing rapidly, it has decided to let retired health workers register to work again and it will encour people to work at home.

First detected in city of Wuhan, in Hubei Province of China, virus outbreak has w spre across more than 50 countries since December 2019. According to reports, death toll in China has also surpassed 2,900 and National Health Commission also confirmed 202 new cases. total number of confirmed cases within China has reportedly hit 80,000 and more than 88,000 worldwide. 

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