From Singapore to UK via the Alps: How one man spread the coronavirus

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PARIS (AFP, BLOOMBERG) - A British man managed to pass on the coronavirus to at least 11 other people without ever setting foot in the epicentre of the outbreak in China, in an infectious journey that shows how the deadly virus can spread rapidly around a globalised world.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

PARIS - A British man managed to pass on the coronavirus to at least 11 other people without ever setting foot in the epicentre of the outbreak in China, in an infectious journey that shows how the deadly virus can spread rapidly around a globalised world.

HAUTE-SAVOIE, FRENCH ALPS He then travelled on to France to spend some days from Jan 24-28 at the ski resort of Contamines-Montjoie in the Alps with a group of other British citizens staying in two apartments in the same chalet. A medical centre in Brighton said Monday it had temporarily closed for"an urgent operational health and safety reason".

Business owners in the Contamines-Montjoie resort have been keen to avoid any exaggerations of the threat as French families prepared to descend on the area for the half-term ski holidays. MALLORCA, SPAIN One member of the group he stayed with in France then sought medical help after returning to his home in Mallorca. The contamination took place between Jan 25 and Jan 29, according to the Spanish authorities.

 

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