Four more people in England have tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases in the UK to eight.
They're all contacts of a businessman who was diagnosed in Brighton, after contracting the illness in Singapore.
On his way back to the UK he visited France, where health officials say the four new cases caught the virus.
New powers are also being used so the Government can now force anyone with coronavirus into quarantine.
UK correspondent Olly Barratt has more detail on the new confirmed cases.
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They're all contacts of a businessman who was diagnosed in Brighton, after contracting the illness in Singapore.
On his way back to the UK he visited France, where health officials say the four new cases caught the virus.
New powers are also being used so the Government can now force anyone with coronavirus into quarantine.
UK correspondent Olly Barratt has more detail on the new confirmed cases.
IN: "British...
OUT: ...hospitals."
DUR: 51 seconds
http://fsnradionews.com/feeds/0210virus-ob1.mp3
ALT:
UK correspondent Olly Barratt says the outbreak is now considered a 'serious and imminent threat' to public health.
IN: "That new...
OUT: ...Kingdom."
DUR: 60 seconds
http://fsnradionews.com/feeds/0210virus-ob2.mp3