A scientist has chillingly warned the coronavirus is already a pandemic – with deaths in the UK now imminent . The deadly disease has already claimed more than 3,000 lives globally, with nearly 100,000 cases confirmed across the world.
England and Wales' Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty believes the UK will see a significant number of COVID-19 cases and “some deaths” in six weeks.
A man in his 80s became the second person to die of the virus in the UK yesterday. The World Health Organisations (WHO) has not yet deemed the coronavirus a pandemic – when an epidemic grows across multiple countries and continents at the same time.
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