The Foreign Office has announced plans to pull staff from China after warning its ability to help Britons in the country may be 'limited'. It comes as the Foreign Office is working with EU countries to add British passengers to any rescue flights they may charter back from Wuhan. No deaths have occurred outside China, although cases have been confirmed across at least 23 countries. The evacuation flight came as the first two cases of coronavirus in the UK were confirmed by Public Health England (PHE). On Thursday, the UK's four Chief Medical Officers raised the risk level of the illness from low to moderate and the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared an international public health emergency.

Source: Daily Mail February 01, 2020 10:41 UTC