Coronavirus: UK fears of undetected cases grow as 12 more test positive
Second person in Britain tests positive without having recently travelled abroad
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A patient in Essex has become the second person in the UK to test positive for coronavirus without having recently travelled abroad, the Department of Health and Social Care has said.
Prof Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, said the patient “had no relevant travel” and an investigation was under way to determine whether they contracted the virus directly or indirectly from someone who had recently returned from overseas.
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