Two more Brits have tested positive for coronavirus on a cruise ship being quarantined off the south coast of Japan.
One of those infected is reportedly a quarantine officer on the Diamond Princess who is believed to have been handing out advice flyers to passengers on board.
The officer was wearing a mask and gloves but was still diagnosed as having caught the flu-like bug.
There have been 208 confirmed cases of the coronavirus among the ship’s 3,711 passengers and crew in the port of Yokohama.
This brings the total number of UK citizens who have contracted the bug to at least 14.
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A patient – believed to be from London – has tested positive for the illness and is being treated at a hospital in the capital.
Reports say they landed at Heathrow a few days ago after flying in from China.
Chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty confirmed the ninth case of coronavirus in the UK last night.
He said: “This virus was passed on in China and the patient has been transferred to a specialist centre at Guy’s and St Thomas’ in London.”
Six of the UK-based cases are in the Brighton area and linked to “super spreader” Steve Walsh who today told of his relief after being given the all clear and released from isolation.
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Scout leader Mr Walsh, 53, said: “I want to give a big thank you to the NHS who have been great throughout and my thoughts are with everyone around the world who continues to be affected by the virus.”
The sales executive has made a full recovery after unwittingly infecting 10 Brits during his return to Hove via a ski trip in the French Alps.
Five of those he infected are in Britain and still being treated in NHS isolation units.
An A&E medic at Worthing Hospital is one of two NHS workers infected with the other believed to be a GP in Brighton.
At least four GP surgeries and a nursing home have closed as a result.
The quarantine of 83 people being held in Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral, Merseyside, is expected to be lifted today amid reports that they all tested negative for the covid-19 strain of the virus.
It is also understood that tests on two prisoners at HMP Bullingdon, Oxon, were negative.
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