Coach drivers who had volunteered for the job took British Wuhan evacuees from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire to the Wirral by motorway. While their passengers arrived in facemasks not all of the drivers followed the same precautionsCoach drivers who collected British passengers from the evacuation flight out of China are to be given paid leave to isolate themselves. Seven buses met the aircraft from Wuhan at RAF Brize Norton yesterday before taking them to Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral, where they will be quarantined for two weeks. The drivers had agreed to take the job and will receive ten days’ leave to “remain at home”, Horseman Coaches, their employer, said. At least two drivers were pictured in ordinary uniforms, with no face masks, next to infectious disease specialists dressed in full protective suits.

Source: The Times February 01, 2020 00:56 UTC