Coronavirus warning: UK told ‘distinct possibility’ HALF of Brits could be affected

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UK health experts have warned there is a 'distinct possibility' that up to half of Britons could be affected from the coronavirus outbreak and the chances of preventing 'larger numbers' of cases are 'fading by the day'.

The UK Government is working on the assumption that up to 50 percent of the country’s population - or 33 million people - could be hit by coronavirus if China is unable to bring the deadly disease under control. John Edmunds, a professor of infectious disease modelling at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, warned this worrying projection is a “distinct possibility”. He added: “It doesn’t mean to say that everybody is going to be seriously ill.

 

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