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Wales has confirmed two new cases of coronavirus, taking the country’s total to six.
It comes as Boris Johnson is expected to tell an emergency COBRA meeting that tackling the COVID-19 outbreak requires a “national and international effort”.
Dr Giri Shankar, from Public Health Wales, said: “We can confirm that the two individuals are not linked to one another, and that they both travelled separately back to Wales from different parts of Italy.”
The process of identifying and tracing their contacts is under way but the location of the cases was not revealed.
A man in his 60s died at North Manchester General Hospital yesterday, making him the third person to die in the UK after contracting the virus. He had underlying health conditions and had recently returned from Italy.
The total number of coronavirus cases in the UK now sits at 280, a rise of 74 since Saturday.
Monday’s COBRA meeting – currently taking place in Downing Street – will assess whether the UK should officially move from the “contain” to the “delay” phase of the government’s plan to deal with coronavirus.
Such a step would require agreement from England’s chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, and chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance, who are due to be at the high-level discussions.
The prime minister is expected to tell the meeting that he is “confident the British people are ready to play their part” in the “national and international effort”.
Courtesy of Sky News
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