Three cases of Coronavirus diagnosed in West Yorkshire

Monday, 2 March 2020 16:00

Three West Yorkshire residents have been diagnosed with Coronavirus, taking the total of cases in the UK to 36.

Public health officials say they are working to trace close contacts of three people in West Yorkshire who have tested positive after if was confirmed yesterday that a Bradford resident became infected while in Italy and two people from Leeds became infected while in Iran.

They're among 12 more people in England and one in Scotland to have tested positive for coronavirus over the weekend, taking the total number of UK cases to 36.

Leeds City Council and Bradford Council both say they are working closely with health authorities and the risk to the public remains low.

Professor Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer, said all of the newly identified cases were being investigated and health officials had begun tracing anyone who had close contact with them, with the Department of health confirming that as of 9am on Sunday, 11,750 people had been tested nationwide.

Speaking on Saturday regarding the fight against the virus, Matt Hancock, Britain’s Secretary of State for Health and Social Care revealed that no measure will be “off the table,” including potentially shutting down cities.

Speaking on the prospect, Mr Hancock said: "There is clearly a huge economic and social downside to that. But we don't take anything off the table at this stage because you have to make sure you have all the tools available if that is what is necessary."

"Under the worst-case scenario we would have to take some quite significant actions that would have social and economic disruption."

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