Coronavirus: UK 'to monitor flights from China' as precaution

Coronavirus: UK 'to monitor flights from China' as precaution The UK is to begin monitoring flights arriving from China, as part of a series of precautionary measures after the spread of a new coronavirus.

The measures, to be announced by the health secretary later, will apply to flights from Wuhan to London Heathrow.

Public Health England have upgraded the risk to the UK population from very low to low, the transport secretary said.

Chinese authorities have advised people to stop travel into and out of Wuhan, the city at the heart of the outbreak. BBC News

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• Chinese health officials say virus could mutate and spread further as they warn: ‘Don’t go to Wuhan, don’t leave Wuhan’ The Independent
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• China coronavirus: What are the symptoms, where has it spread and is there treatment? The Independent
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