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

There are 12 days between Steve Walsh leaving a business conference in Singapore, and find out he had a infection with the new coronavirus When he was Tested , he didn't even have any symptoms.

But it was still enough to set in motion a series of events that have left health officials fought the Disease stop - Now with the name Covid-19 - of-spread in the UK.

The 53-year-old had stopped for four days in a French ski resort to see friends on His Way back from a business conference. Without him, the spread of The Virus as he went.

By the time he alerted the NHS and Public Health England (PHE), after contact by the Singaporean authorities about the spread of the coronavirus to this conference, he had already behind, the it to 11 other Brits in the resort.

Five of them were in England by this stage - and the Two were GPs.

Between the six of them, they had come in contact with hundreds of people around Brighton and East and West Sussex , before he isolated himself, to get what The Virus is a real Chance to gain a foothold in the UK and marks The First major test of PHE infection control plans in place.

Mr Walsh, of course, was not the First Person to have been diagnosed in the UK, with The Virus . But the previous Two - both Chinese nationals, were in York - had limited contact with others.

The race to contain The Virus

PHE, the containment strategy was implemented quickly, in fact, in both cases. Local PHE Staff - there are nine teams that were sent into England , to interview for the confirmed cases quickly piece together their movements.

It is a process that is repeated in London, a Chinese AU pair.

This is meant as contact-tracing and has, dozens of people will be asked to isolate themselves at home. This self-isolation from the quarantine of the British citizens repatriated from China - takes until it is clear, you are sick, can Two Weeks .

The Hope is this will stop the further spread of The Virus because there is no vaccine or cure, mitigation is the only option.

The rough rule of thumb is, anyone who has contacted physical contact with the carrier, or spent the 15 Minutes within 6 ft (2 m) from you, and isolation is considered.

The count people that he had were within Two rows of them on flights in the United Kingdom and, in the case of Mr. Walsh, the Staff at the bar, in pubs, where he had stopped for a drink and to be members of a yoga class, in the part.

The Doctors - both GPs training - it involved patients.

Between them, you have done shifts in the case of an accident and emergency unit and Two medical practices, as well as the implementation of a visit in a nursing home.

The fact that Doctors have been infected, in many respects, the "worst case scenario" for the health of the officials, as The Virus is known that the most risky for The Frail and vulnerable.

The only bright spot, according to those in The Hunt for the contacts, they do not seem to have treated many patients.

PHE believes only about a dozen people were seen by Two Doctors during the shifts that you have. In the case of a practice, the GP only paperwork I have.

County Oak medical centre in Brighton was closed for cleaning on Monday

the patients, and many others are Now facing an anxious wait to find out if you were infected. The Standard procedure is to wait to see if symptoms develop before the Test - negative test in the pre-symptomatic phase, can be misleading.

But many in East and West Sussex have already Tested - as others have in the whole of the UK, who have come on flights to and from China, including those in quarantine in Milton Keynes and Merseyside, and those who had contact with the Chinese nationals in New York . In total, More Than 1,700 tests were carried out.

The Virus Has been contained?

PHE medical Director Paul Cosford, says The System , contact tracing, isolation and Testing is The Best way to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

He describes it as "incredibly robust", as shown by the fact that The Other British infected by Mr Walsh were the contact-tracing process

"the suspect That it works. To identify if we get the cases early, we can stop the spread. "

But is that really realistic? On of the UK airports, come in flights from at-risk countries, including Taiwan, Singapore, and Thailand, will be closely monitored.

the passengers are warned to pay attention about what are the symptoms and leaflets what to do if they develop, while the captains will have to sign statements, no-one is known to be sick on their flights.

Prof Neil Ferguson , an infectious Disease expert from Imperial College London, says that in spite of this, it will not be possible to catch in any case, the prediction is that, for anyone who is caught, Two more managed to slip through.

Those who call in The Business , as fire and sparks. Each carrier is to create a Brand from the rental spark other fires. If the fire be detected, they can be isolated before from letting too many sparks.

But if you're not, the sparks race for new fires, what is The Risk of rapid ongoing transmission.

A long way to go still

the Minister and senior officials involved with coronavirus accept UK cases, it is probably imported, including, perhaps, transfer within the UK instead of just cases from abroad.

The self is not included somewhere in the end of the trials. It is only When it is five, six or seven links in The Chain of transmission, the health officials would admit that the containment is not realistic and instead concentrate all efforts on the NHS emergency planning to cope with the increase in patients, the consequences would be.

At the moment, it is only a link in The Chain - Mr Walsh to The Other on the ski vacation.

If the containment fails, and chief medical officer, Prof Chris Witty is firmly convinced that it is still, When not an if - then can be delayed longer they are, the better the position the UK will be, because more would be understood about the way the way The Virus works, and it is to be hoped that When the weather is nice, it can be more difficult to spread for you.

The biggest concern is Now in the UK and abroad, what will happen if The Virus begins rapidly in other Nations than in China in the coming weeks.

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that this had the potential to "create Chaos".

This is because the countries with weak health systems would find it difficult to contain the spread and the nature of global travel and movement means that even countries with sophisticated and developed surveillance systems would find it difficult to hold The Virus in check.

It promises many weeks of hard work, to be included both here and abroad in The Fight .

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Source of news: bbc.com