Professor Chris Whitty said that "probably within the next 10-14 days" there will be "a situation where we say everybody who has even minor respiratory tract infections or a fever should be self isolating for seven days afterwards". Professor Whitty explained why the public will soon have to take the more drastic step of self isolating if they have a fever or respiratory problem. (Image: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)He said: “At the moment, the ratio between people who’ve got coronavirus in the UK and other significant respiratory tract infections is very very low. “We’ll be extending that out now, as from tomorrow, to everybody who has a significant enough pneumonia or other respiratory tract infection to get into hospital at all. Earlier today Health Secretary Matthew Hancock announced a fourth death in the UK from coronavirus.

Source: Daily Mirror March 09, 2020 17:15 UTC