By Eric King-
There is now growing panic in London after it was revealed that an infected patient attended a bus conference last week with about 250 delegates present, including several Mps.
Fears she may have affected several others are mounting as hundreds of people who attended the packed conference at the QEII centre.
It is also not clear whether she took a taxi or a Tube to the talk – sparking fears more Londoners could have been exposed to the virus, which has killed 1,384 people. It comes as the number of people tested for coronavirus in England surged by almost 800 overnight, from 1,758 to 2,521.
It follows a warning by the chief executive of the NHS today warned that many more people in the UK may need to self-isolate to stop the spread of coronavirus. Over 80 people quarantined at Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral left following 14 days in isolation. The group were the first to be flown out of Wuhan city in China – the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak – by the Foreign Office and back to the UK..