United Kingdom (2019-nCoV)

The Scottish government said earlier on Monday it had detected six cases https://news.trust.org/item/20211129152649-1ya1o

Two people in the UK have been found to be infected with the new Covid variant, Omicron, the health secretary has said. Sajid Javid said the UK Health Security Agency had detected cases in Chelmsford, Essex, and in Nottingham. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59445388

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Nadine Dorries, a health minister, has become first MP to be diagnosed with coronavirus, The Times are reporting. Over the past week, the MP for Mid Bedfordshire came into contact with hundreds of people in parliament, and visited No 10 for a reception with Boris Johnson. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-uk-news-latest-cases-italy-update-covid-19/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw

The man is a resident of Surrey who had not been abroad recently himself. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51683428

Patient (6th death)1 Outline of patient(1) Gender: Male(2) Nationality: UK https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/newpage_09856.html

Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty statement on 2 new cases of COVID-19 passed on in Italy and Tenerife https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cmo-for-england-announces-2-new-cases-of-novel-coronavirus

Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty statement on 2 new cases of COVID-19 passed on in Italy and Tenerife. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cmo-for-england-announces-2-new-cases-of-novel-coronavirus

A British couple who came to symbolise the plight of more than 3,000 people quarantined on a cruise liner off Japan are in “a really bad way” after contracting pneumonia. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/british-couple-sally-and-david-abel-in-really-bad-way-with-pneumonia-npkmdzxx9

David Abel 1 hr · There is going to be a time of quiet. We have been proved positive and leaving for hospital soon. Blessings all xxx

Four more nCoV cases were confirmed in the UK,bringing total to eight. Six of the eight are linked to the growing onward transmission cluster that began in Singapore and spread to ski resort at Contamines-Montjoie in France prior to expansion in UK https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chief-medical-officer-for-england-announces-four-further-coronavirus-cases

Health Secretary announces strengthened legal powers to bolster public health protections against coronavirus The government has today introduced strengthened powers to bolster protections against the coronavirus outbreak for people in England. The regulations have been put in place with immediate effect to impose restrictions on any individual considered by health professionals to be at risk of spreading the virus. The regulations apply to any individuals seeking to leave supported isolation before the current quarantine period of 14 days is complete. It will also apply to future cases during the current coronavirus incident where…

nCoV sequences BetaCoV/England/01/2020| (50F) and BetaCoV/England/02/2020| (23M) same lineage as Shenzhen and US (WA, IL, CA, AZ) plus new polymorphisms.

We can confirm that two patients in England, who are members of the same family, have tested positive for coronavirus. Department of Health and Social Care https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cmo-confirms-cases-of-coronavirus-in-england

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