Health Secretary gives latest update on coronavirus

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has updatedMPs on updated plans for the coronavirus epidemic after the Government released its action plan.

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Wednesday, March 4, 2020
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Viruses, Nidovirales, Animal virology, Zoonoses, Coronavirus, In Saudi Arabia, Middle East respiratory syndrome, Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus, Coronaviridae
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  • Health Secretary Matt Hancock has updatedMPs on updated plans for the coronavirus epidemic after the Government released its action plan.
  • The Chinese city of Wuhan was the site of an outbreak of respiratory virus Covid-19.
  • The Government have said that up to a fifth of the workforce may be off sick during the peak of a coronavirus epidemic in the UK,according to its latest plans.
  • The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock updated the House on the Government's Coronavirus action plan.
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