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Anxiety in an exclusive Surrey market town at the centre of Britain’s coronavirus crisis is heightening today as health officials still hunt for the mystery ‘super-spreader’ whose infection has been passed to at least four people in the stockbroker belt. Haslemere, an affluent commuter community of 10,000 people nestled in the Surrey Hills, is at the … Read more
Health officials are desperately trying to track down a coronavirus super-spreader who could have unwittingly passed the disease on to two people in Surrey. Those hunting for the county’s so-called ‘patient zero’ believe that the person in question may be an acquaintance of an infected GP’s partner. The victim is understood to be a man … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Nearly 3,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 80,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more
Coronavirus fears have gripped the school attended by ‘super-spreader’ Steve Walsh’s children, with two members of staff told to self-isolate amid fears they may have caught the deadly virus. Cottesmore St Mary’s Catholic Primary School’s headteacher today wrote to parents telling them two people from the school had come into contact with a coronavirus patient. … Read more
Furious locals in Brighton have accused the government of keeping them in the dark over the coronavirus after it emerged that two of the eight UK cases are healthcare workers believed to work at a doctor’s surgery in the city. Patients who have visited County Oak Medical Centre are being urgently traced as four people in … Read more