The spread of coronavirus has been declared a Level 4 incident by the NHS England. This is the highest category of emergency.
A spokeswoman said the NHS ‘moved to a national incident response Level 4 to ramp up preparation for a potential coronavirus outbreak in January’.
It means that a national incident management team as well as a coordination centre have been set up to deal with the virus, which causes the disease named Covid-19. Health Secretary announces UK now has 51 cases of COVID-19 coronavirus
The announcement came as the number of cases in the UK rose to 51, with 12 new cases reported today.
Speaking from Parliament, Matt Hancock said the response to the outbreak remains in the containment phase, and the government’s current approach is to ‘plan for the worst and work for the best’.
He told MPs experts are ‘actively pursuing’ a vaccine to the strain of coronavirus, but warned it is still many months away at the earliest. The updated toll was released as Boris Johnson said it is ‘highly likely’ the UK will see a growing number of coronavirus cases.
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