-AFPFive people from that group in the Alpine ski resort, including a child, contracted the coronavirus as a result, French officials said this weekend. The disease carried by the same man may have spread elsewhere, underlining the challenges health authorities face in containing infections in an era of global air travel. Spanish authorities said on Sunday that a British man had tested positive in Mallorca after coming into contact with an infected person in France. British health officials, meanwhile, said the country had recorded its fourth case of coronavirus, with the person catching the illness from a Briton in France. Their mother had left the country by the time the investigation began and was under observation in a UK hospital, French officials said.

Source: New Strait Times February 10, 2020 01:30 UTC