One year on from the UK's first Covid cases - how the battle to save lives unfolded from a hotel in York
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxOne year ago today, a man was taken ill at a hotel in York, shortly after arriving in the country from Wuhan in China.He turned out to be the first of more than 3.7 million coronavirus cases confirmed so far in the UK.The identities of the 23-year-old Chinese national, a student at the University of York, and his 50-year-old mother, who were the first two people in the country to test positive for the virus, have remained unknown to this day.The man was suffering from a fever, a dry cough and muscle pain, while his mother had also reported feeling unwell.After calling 111 to report his symptoms, paramedics in Hazmat suits turned up at the Staycity hotel where they were being put up.Reports that a hotel apartment close to.
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