Breaking - UK:
Sadly, 4 of the cruise ship passengers brought to UK have tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the number of UK cases to 13.
The patients are being transferred from Arrowe Park hospital in Wirral to specialist NHS infection centres, said England’s chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty.
Sky News @ 7 tonight reveals the evacuees were allowed to board the flight before the last test results in Japan were known.
Coronavirus death toll in Iran is the largest outside China
Turkey and Pakistan close borders with Iran over coronavirus deaths
Is it just me or is this scary :shock:
It’s certainly very worrying, also now there are 4 more cases here in the UK. Hopefully they can contain it in the isolation.
At what point do we close the doors and not
come out until it’s over?
How long would it take?
Yes, hopefully. But can the Arab world contain it?
I don’t know but I wish I could hibernate for the next few weeks in the safety of my home and not have to go to work. Hopefully by time I came out of my shell it will have bogged off
No, he’s an ex-lawyer from the Federal Court. I was just curious to see if anyone would check such trivia and you didn’t let me down.
In the car yesterday listern to the news.
Italy has the most cases in the EU
So far out of 30 odd cases 2 deaths.
In the area 5 villages have been shut to leaving or to vist.
Edited… just add a third death and a link.
There have been some changes in statistics in the last 24 hours:
Diamond Princess
Cases 691
Recovered 17
Deaths 3
Critical 36
Australia
Cases 22
Recovered 11
Sydney - Surveillance cameras per 1000 people 12.35
U.K.
Cases 13
Recovered 8
London - Surveillance cameras per 1000 people 68.4
USA
Cases 35
Recovered 7
Atlanta - Surveillance cameras per 1000 people 15.56
On the bright side the number of active cases globally is still declining.
Of course I checked … 
Latest stats:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
China 409 New Cases (decreasing?) 151 New Deaths (increasing?)
Is the spread over?
S. Korea 833 Total Cases 231 New Cases 2 New Deaths
Italy 217 Total Cases 60 New Cases 1 New Death
The spread is getting much worse.
Worryingly, new cases in Iran (3), Kuwait (3), Afghanistan (1) and Bahrain (1)
Ha ha… you must have an awful lot of time on your hands.
I just don’t believe a word that you “say” … 
I returned from Thailand on Friday evening. Plane landed at Heathrow and doors were being opened when passengers were told we had to return to our seats as there were some quarantine issues. After a short time, an announcement was made which told us that because Coronavirus we should…dial 111 if we started feeling ill!!
Brilliant!! Glad to see no panicky, over-the-top restrictions!! :shock:
Think its good advice.
If you started to feeling ill stay in doors and dont contamenate any one in the Doctors
I’m not happy with this although I don’t live anywhere near Heathrow ,just to think how many might have been in the process of developing symptoms on the flight gives me shudders ,they’re all going to disperse somewhere … no one is sure just what the incubation period is … look at the couple who were perfectly fine on the cruise ship but developed it before their flight back to the UK now in a Japanese hospital … you could all
easily have been sitting amongst passengers developing it or even a carrier on your flight just as the four found with it at the weekend in the isolation place on The Wirral .
I had been following the news while on holiday and heard that special rules had been put in place for flights returning from certain countries. The following day, an article mentioned that we would receive a leaflet!!! But the advice we had was to call 111 (which is obvious anyway).
As far as the cruise is concerned, I understand all the passengers were allowed to mix, so I think the risk over that period of time was substantial and has been referred to as a petri-dish!
The risk on a flight lasting twelve hours, is hardly comparable - particularly as very many people wore masks.
Advice not taken of course by the Chinese person returning from China… and further having attended a meeting in London after which 2 MP’s self isolated … taking an Uber to A & E:shock:
Yes it was announced the other day by The Dept. Of Health people would attend you at home rather than you travel , if you rang 111 feeling you might have the virus.
You might not be aware that all the passengers allowed to board that flight home last Friday night had tested negative. Nevertheless now 4 have contracted it .
There as yet hasn’t been an official agreement on the incubation period , some saying it could be more than a suggested 14 hrs.
While the rest of the world seem to be in Corona - overload, it seems the UK is in relax mode. Can’t help wondering if our PM has self-isolated in Mustique!
