UK Government is set to issue new travel advice as pressure mounts on ministers to BAN all travellers from China after third case of the killer coronavirus in Brighton

British ministers are set to issue new travel advice amid mounting pressure to ban all passengers from coronavirus-hit regions of Asia after a third case of the killer SARS-like infection was confirmed in the UK today. At least sixteen nations around the world, including the US, Australia, New Zealand, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, have already banned travellers from China – where 99 per cent of cases have been recorded. But the UK Government has been criticised for its ‘passive’ response to the outbreak, with officials slammed for being days behind other nations in launching a mission to evacuate British expats stuck in the epicentre of Wuhan. Scores of travellers from China and other coronavirus-hit parts of Asia have been pouring into Britain every day without being properly tested for the infection, prompting calls for a US-style blanket ban. Chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty announced in a Department of Health press briefing this afternoon that Number 10 will update travel advice later today, with the UK thought to be on the brink of declaring a ban on arrivals from China. The briefing was announced after news of Britain’s third coronavirus case. Officials revealed the unidentified patient flew into the UK… Read full this story

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