LONDON — Britain said on Thursday a British national was confirmed to have contracted coronavirus after traveling to an Asian country other than China and told doctors to be vigilant to those showing symptoms from a wider range of countries. Confirming the third person in Britain had tested positive, British medical authorities said the unidentified person had contracted the virus outside China. “They acquired it in Asia but not in China,” England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said. He said a wider list of countries would be released shortly from which people who developed symptoms should self-isolate if they showed any of the coronavirus symptoms. The third coronavirus patient in Britain has been transferred to a specialist health service center.

Source: National Post February 06, 2020 16:30 UTC