Published 07:25 IST, March 5th 2020

After Prince William, Duchess of Cornwall becomes second royal to joke about coronavirus

After Prince William, the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla became the second senior British royal to joke about coronavirus outbreak.

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After Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla became second senior royal to joke about coronavirus outbreak. According to reports, during a visit to London Transport Museum, Camilla joked about going into self-isolation because of coronavirus.

Media reports suggest that Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall were on a royal visit to a London museum when Camilla jokingly said, "I'm self-isolating" referring to ongoing COVID-19 crisis. 

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According to reports, Camilla and Prince of Wales met people at museum where y shook hands with some of m. duchess reportedly wore gloves during her visit while Prince Charles was spotted barehanded.

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Earlier on same day, Prince William jokingly said that Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are spreing coronavirus during ir ongoing three-day-long visit to Ireland. Prince William also said that coronavirus outbreak is being a little hyped as it doesn't seem that dramatic to him. 

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world is scrambling to contain new coronavirus outbreak, including United Kingdom, where around 85 people have tested positive for COVID-19. According to reports, United Kingdom has tested more than 16,000 citizens since disease broke out in early December last year.

level of risk in United Kingdom has been increased from moderate to high with authorities restricting travellers to enter country without proper screening. Italy is most affected country in Europe where over 100 people have lost ir lives due to virus, most number of deaths outside mainland China. 

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Coronavirus outbreak

new coronavirus also kwn as COVID-19 has claimed more than 3,200 lives across globe and has infected over 95,000 people since December 2019. According to reports, at least 268 people have died outside mainland China, which makes it worst disease outbreak in 21st century.

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virus originated from a seafood market in Wuhan city, where animals were being tred illegally. Hubei province in China has been most affected by contagious disease, which is also epicentre of virus. 

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07:25 IST, March 5th 2020