Hunt for 2,000 people who travelled to UK from Coronavirus-hit region in China

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Health officials, Border Force agents, and airlines are desperate to ‘trace as many people as we can’.

Health officials have teamed up with Border Force agents to find travellers coming from Wuhan into the UK

The death toll in China has now risen to 41, while the virus is now in Europe with three confirmed cases in France. ‘Of course this depends on whether this continues for a long time, or whether this turns out to be something which is brought under control relatively quickly.’ ‘What we don’t know is how far it’s going to spread, that really is something we need to plan for all eventualities.’The Department of Health today said they were trying to find people who have travelled from Wuhan, China, to check on their well-being.A public health hub has just been set up at Heathrow Airport to support passengers on arrival but there are no plans as yet for a blanket screening of travellers.

 

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