However, a search is now under way to find the 12 patients who came into contact with the pair, the BBC has reported. Steve Walsh, the so-called 'super spreader' from Brighton, infected one of the doctors Catriona Greenwood. They had treated a patient reported to have returned from Hong Kong recently and who had shown symptoms consistent with coronavirus. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the new strain of coronavirus is to be called Covid-19. Earlier, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organisation, described the outbreak as "a very grave threat for the rest of the world".

Source: Daily Mirror February 12, 2020 11:47 UTC