Schools could be closed for more than two months and public and sporting events would have to be cancelled if the virus intensifies, England’s chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty has said.
However, while the coronavirus presents “some challenges”, Prof Whitty said he does not think the world is facing anything on the level of the deadly Spanish flu of 1918.
“We are not heading into a H1N1 1918 flu pandemic situation, but the coronavirus does present some challenges for us. It definitely will for a period. How big remains to be seen,” he added.
It comes as two new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in England bringing the total number in the UK to 15.
One of those infected caught the virus in Italy, while the other picked it up in Tenerife, making it the first confirmed British case linked to the Canary Islands.
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