The UK government has declared coronavirus a “serious and imminent threat” to public health.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced measures “to ensure the public are protected” from the transmission of the virus.
There have been more than 40,000 cases of the virus globally, mostly in China, where it originated.
The total number of deaths in China is now 908 – but the number of newly-infected people per day has stabilised.
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