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Just announced in Italy all sporting events to be played behind closed doors. Looks like I was right again

Take extra care with your hygiene, keep a hand sanitizer handy and use it regularly, clean your table and equipment with dettol and a paper towel if possible at your workplace. Don't use a hand dryer in toilets as they actually suck in germs over time from different people, use tissues or paper towels to dry. And finally pray.

Luckily I work from home. Didn’t have contact with the person either as I think they’d left already when I got to the office. I’m not worried for myself but have a 5 month old and don’t want her getting it.

Interesting to here that Vish. Hadn’t seen that reported anywhere so is good news. Only thing I heard of was a baby, not sure of age, having it and surviving.

First British death from virus CONFIRMED - Berkshire man dies

BRITAIN'S first death related to the Coronavirus outbreak has been confirmed.

The patient had last night tested positive for coronavirus and has now died in Berkshire. A statement from Royal Berkshire NHS Trust said: "Sadly, we can confirm that an older patient with underlying health conditions has died. "The patient has previously been in and out of hospital for non-coronavirus reasons, but on this occasion was admitted and last night tested positive for coronavirus.

"The family has been informed and our thoughts are with them at this difficult time.

"We will not be commenting further and ask that everybody respects the family’s privacy."

Professor Chris Whitty, the Chief Medical Officer for England has said he is “very sorry” to hear of the death and offered his “sincere condolences” to the family.

The Chief Medical Adviser to the Government said: "I am very sorry to report a patient in England who tested positive for Covid-19 has sadly died.

“I offer my sincere condolences to their family and friends and ask that their request for privacy is respected.

"The patient, who was being treated at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, was an older patient who had underlying health conditions.

“We believe they contracted the virus in the UK and contact tracing is already underway."

Earlier today the Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK has reached 115.

The number of cases has risen by almost a third since Wednesday when there was 85 people who had tested positive for Covid-19.

Professor Chris Whitty confirmed the UK is in “delay” rather than “contain” stage as the number of outbreaks of the virus continue to increase.

He told MPs at a meeting of the Health and Social Care Committee there would not be a "step move" from the contain phase to the delay phase but "we are putting greater and greater priority on the elements of this which are delay".

He said: "For the early stages of delay, contain and delay are very similar, not quite the same.

“They are largely around finding early cases, isolating them, following their chains of transmission, where necessary isolating those people.”

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1251425/Coronavirus-UK-First-British-death-Berkshire

I also think it's no longer a case of if but when. I don't like being right all the time but the fact is I am

Older people and those having health problems have a much higher probability of dying but the percentage of death is still below 3% which means a huge majority recovers. Road accidents kill more people than the virus, so I think it's high time for people to get a grip else a bigger harm will be done through panic.