A second person has reportedly died in the UK after contracting the coronavirus.
"You've got a range of things that you can do to arrest or check the spread of a disease," UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday. "But you can't fire your shots too early."Funerals could be affected by any ban on large public gatherings, it was reported on Thursday.that it had spoken to Johnson's government about the steps it could take if coronavirus becomes a severe pandemic in the UK.
"I am very sorry to report a patient in England who tested positive for Covid-19 has sadly died," Whitty said. In a statement Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that his "sympathies are very much with the victim and their family."The UK on Wednesday reported its largest daily increase in the number of coronavirus cases.The UK government on Thursday afternoon said that the number of cases has risen to 116, up from 87 on Wednesday.
He said it was inevitable that the number of cases in the UK will rise, and it will almost certainly not be possible to prevent an outbreak.HENRY NICHOLLS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images"We need to strike a balance," Johnson told ITV's Good Morning programme on Thursday, adding that there was no need to consider school closures at this stage.
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