The UK nationals hitched a ride on a French government flight which landed first in Marseilles before flying onto RAF Brize Norton. They will be joining 83 UK nationals who are in quarantine close to Arrow Park Hospital on Merseyside. In the Philippines a 44-year-old man became the first person to die from the virus outside China. The number of coronavirus tests that have come back negative in the UK is now 264, the Department of Health said. The vast majority of the cases are inside China; about 100 cases have been confirmed in at least 23 other countries.

Source: Daily Mirror February 02, 2020 19:18 UTC