Coronavirus: Britons among hundreds quarantined in Tenerife hotel – BBC News

Good evening, for the first time more new cases of corona virus are reported outside of China than within dozens of now affected countries; several, including Brazil and Pakistan, confirmed their first cases today and Germany declared it is on the verge of an epidemic. The main focus of the infection in Europe has reported an increase in cases here tonight. Public health. England says testing for the corona virus is being stepped up to get a better idea of ​​whether the virus is spreading. So far, just over 7,000 people in the UK have been tested. 13 have tested positive for the virus, eight of them have already recovered and have been discharged from the hospital.

Medical correspondent Fergus Walsh now reports how, despite the relatively small number of cases, the

coronavirus

is having an impact here, the corona virus is affecting thousands of lives in the UK, although there is no outbreak here, more schools children sent home after half-term trips to Italy in Canary Wharf, several companies have staff working from home after an employee who had been in Italy reported flu-like symptoms, the public may be sure we have a clear plan to contain the research backlog and mitigate it and we are working methodologically II at every step to keep the public safe, none of us have immunity to this new virus but even if we have a widespread outbreak in the analysis from United Kingdom. of China suggests that eighty-one percent of those infected only contract a mild illness and therefore do not need medical treatment the first symptoms are fever and dry cough older people and those with existing health problems are at greater risk of contracting the corona virus, which attacks the lungs but that also applies to the seasonal flu which kills thousands of people here every year the one and only Diamond Dave lives from a hospital in Japan some good

news

for Brits David and Sally Abel who were in the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in yoga I am almost recovered after contracting

coronavirus

and pneumonia, even though two days ago they were talking about putting me on a respirator, thank God that has not been necessary because I have been gaining strength daily.

Does northern Italy really have a serious corona virus? The outbreak, by far the largest in Europe, virtually all traffic is prohibited from entering eleven cities designated as red zones. More than 50,000 people have been

quarantined

since Sunday, but the virus has not been contained. The first confirmed cases in Brazil and Algeria, as well as Austria and Switzerland, were linked to Italy, and France recorded its second death in a Paris hospital: a 60-year-old teacher who had no history of having traveled to any hotspot of the outbreak. Germany is bracing for a surge in cases after a couple with coronavirus symptoms spent 10 days travelling. before being diagnosed both are now in the hospital accused and starting in our corner the epidemic we are at the beginning of a corona epidemic in Germany the infection chain is no longer completely traceable notably China now reports fewer new cases than the rest of the world This is Wuhan, the city where the virus emerged in December for a time, its health service was overwhelmed, but now patients are starting to return home as other countries wonder if it will be their next turn.

Furgus Walsh BBC News While

hundreds

of tourists in Tenerife, including more than 160 from the UK will have to remain isolated in their

hotel

until March 10 after four guests from Italy tested positive for the virus this afternoon, the Foreign Office said he has been in contact with over a hundred of them offering them advice and support while our correspondent Dan Johnson is there for us now, yes the situation became much more serious here today, the four cases confirmed here, but tonight it is reported of another case on one of the other Canary Islands and there are

hundreds

of guests here who are waiting to find out.

What the authorities think is best for them is that they fear that this

hotel

could become a landlocked version of that cruise ship in Japan and tonight the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the consulate here, has been delivering letters to the travelers because people say the information has been inconsistent or nonexistent, at least there are some people here getting updates. We saw that staff were briefed in the hotel car park this afternoon, presumably told to prepare for the long haul on the balconies upstairs, leaving guests unsure of what is happening and how long their stay will be. could last Rosie and her family were supposed to have gone home on Sunday, but a sandstorm delayed their flight.

Now they face fifteen days of quarantine. Health officials, at lunchtime, said all or most of the people at the hotel would not be

quarantined

for two weeks. on the balconies and behind the masks some continue forward but the tranquility is spreading along with the confusion the anger and the cries for help please chancellor we are here we have not bought it we have been tested we do not have it bring us home because? what will happen? What happens is that, if we infect it, it will fall into their hands, we are more at risk here. The hotel was closed yesterday morning after a doctor who was on holiday in Italy tested positive for the virus, his wife and two other people in the group of ten. they are also infected they are being treated on the island here they give you an imported one you are sick director the rest of the people in the group tested negative in addition to those four confirmed cases that is good

news

because it means that the virus probably remained among those who were nearby contact, but the news is not so good for those still stuck tonight, the Foreign Office said it is in contact with British tourists here, but it is still unclear how they get home, when and what awaits them. her return. dan Johnson BBC News in Tenerife We can now speak to our sports editor Dan Rowan, who is in Dublin for us, where they announced that the Six Nations matches between Ireland and Italy have been postponed and, well, the Irish government believes that the match here at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin in ten days' time.

This constitutes a greater risk to public health because, of course, Italy is the European country most affected as a result of the outbreak and around two and a half thousand Italian fans are also expected here for that Six Nations match, so it was suspended Irish rugby. The Union are trying to find an alternative date, which will not be easy in what is already a packed rugby calendar and the impact may not end there in rugby terms because the RFU, I can tell you this afternoon, are in talks with the Sports Minister on whether England's match against Italy in the final round of the Six Nations matches should take place in Rome, so talent could really be seen in some degree of disarray and goes beyond that to others sports: in football, League matches have been canceled in Italy.

England, Deuter host Italy at Wembley next month, the Euros of course, there will be four matches this summer in Rome and then in other sports, the Cheltenham Festival Formula 1 races, the Chinese Grand Prix have been canceled and of course the main concern is the Yesterday, an IOC member said that a decision on this may not be made until May; It would be unprecedented in peacetime if the Olympic Games were canceled and the damage it would cause to athletes, organizers and broadcasters would be difficult to quantify, but in the end the organizers insist that everything is business as usual, thank you very much, well , our global health correspondent, the tulip misunderstanding is with me and tulip, there is a real feeling now that this is spreading across Europe.

Yes, well, things are moving very fast in Europe. Germany, as we have heard now, says it is. at the beginning of an epidemic and it seems that many people have come into contact with these five new cases before they were identified as carrying the virus and that could really change the picture in Germany, the fact also that this sharp increase has occurred cases in Italy in the last 24 hours for 24 hours 400 cases there is great concern, since the fact that the cases have been exported from Italy to other European countries we will probably start to see a little more At airports in European cities , people are tested, more people are getting medical checkups, and they are actually informed about what to do if they get sick, thank you very much.