Alex Sobel

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Some people in the UK are to carry the choice of face masks amid fears The Virus -

health officials have contacted hundreds of participants in London, after it emerged one of them was later coronavirus diagnosed.

The person have not yet been identified, was in the UK Bus summit at the QEII Conference Centre last week.

Two Labour members, were also at the conference, they were good, But to cancel public engagements of up to 20. February as a precautionary measure.

So far, nine people in the UK, tested positive for The Virus .

MP Lilian Greenwood , a former Chairman of the transport select committee " - spoke to on the 6. February conference in Westminster, which was attended by about 250 people from the bus and transportation Industry .

But "extra careful" was his you their public engagements for Two Weeks to cancel from the date of the conference, in line with advice from Public Health England (PHE).

her colleague, Alex Sobel , MP for Leeds North West, told Bbc News that he was just a journalist about the positive test and was "concerned" the other participants may not be aware of.

Mr. Sobel, who said he was not any symptoms, a non-issue, as the NHS rating of emergency to be 111 phone line "formal" and "was founded as a low-risk".

he said he spent the Friday afternoon in a room in his office, away from staff, But after receiving the advice of 111, will not remain in the insulation - although he has cancelled public events as a precautionary measure.

The government buses minister Baroness Vere - who was one of the main speakers at the conference, The Following Public Health England's advice is"", the Ministry of transport said.

Transport times, the organizer of the conference, an E-Mail sent informed on Thursday afternoon to the participants about it, to have a person confirmed with the coronavirus - which causes a disease called Covid-19 - were at The Event .

A person with coronavirus was at a conference at the QEII centre in Westminster last week

The E-Mail advice from PHE, the delegates urged that no action is required, if you feel well, But if they developed symptoms such as fever or cough, you should stay indoors, avoid contact with others and call NHS 111.

The Letter told the people to follow the advice, to 20. February, "even if their symptoms low."

Dr Yimmy Chow, a PHE consultant for health protection, said: "One of our most important priorities is to determine which people we think were in close contact with confirmed cases of Covid-19 Public Health -advice on how you can be at a slightly increased risk of infection with The Virus .

"had, During the degree of contact with conference participants, the case is unlikely to be significant, we have a preventive approach and informed them of The Situation . "

Meanwhile, Andy West , was a passenger on a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Heathrow Airport , the news Agency PA said that The Captain said, who had on Board, to stay "" After Landing , as it was "a suspected case of coronavirus at the level".

He said the individual came to the back of the aircraft, while the forms there were to questions, for customers, contact details and, if you felt no symptoms. United Airlines said its team was to provide assistance.

It has also been shown that a worker on a North Sea platform and the Shetland Islands, which recently returned from vacation in Thailand, is held in place and isolated.

According to the latest figures, More Than 1,300 people are now known, died of The Virus , most of them in China.

the most recent attempt to contain the outbreak, someone to return to Beijing has been ordered, go to quarantine for 14 days or risk a penalty,

Nine

According to the PA news Agency, the bus conference, the case is not testing positive for The Virus earlier This Week a Chinese woman.

Steve Walsh , 53, was infected with The Virus , in Singapore, before he in the UK

The Woman caught The Virus that is China before flying to the UK, to the hospital, in an Uber But PHE said The Driver is at a "High Risk ". The First case was identified in London.

in addition to the patient being treated at St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom coronavirus cases, two Chinese nationals, who tested positive belong in New York.

Another cluster of cases began with the British business man Steve Walsh , who contracted The Virus in Singapore and passed to 11 people in a ski resort in France. Five of these went back to England. Mr Walsh has recovered now.

from 14:00 on Friday-testing for The Virus 2,964 people in the UK have been carried out - with all But nine in the negative.

employees work on a Production Line for surgical masks in a factory in Jiangsu province, China

Meanwhile, More Than 80 people in the accommodation at Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral for Two Weeks leave, after a negative Test for the new strain of the Corona Virus.

are you one of the two groups, British nationals evacuated from Wuhan, with the second of the quarantine, in the vicinity of Milton Keynes .

On Thursday, The Head of Nhs England , Sir Simon Stevens has warned that many more people will be forced to isolate themselves, as part of efforts to stop the Corona Virus is spreading in the UK.

What are the symptoms of Corona-Virus are and what can help to stop its spread?

The main signs of infection are fever (high temperature) and coughing as well as shortness of breath and respiratory complaints.

Frequent hand washing with soap or gel, avoiding close contact with people who are sick and not touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands, can help cut The Risk of infections.

Catch coughs and sneezes in a tissue, binning, and washing your hands can minimize The Risk that diseases can spread.

All the symptoms, even if mild, after traveling from China, Thailand, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Hong Kong , Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia or Macau are advised to stay indoors, and call the NHS 111 phone service.

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