The department of health has confirmed four more people in the UK have been tested positive for the deadly coronavirus.
The four patients were all infected at a French ski resort and have been taken to infectious disease units at Guy’s and St Thomas’ and The Royal Free hospitals in London.
Four further patients in England have tested positive for #coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases in the UK to eight.
The new cases are all known contacts of a previously confirmed UK case. The virus was passed on in France.
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The total number of deaths in China now stands at 908 and there are more than 40,000 cases of coronavirus globally, mostly in China.
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