A British man has sadly passed away from the coronvarus (Covid-19), the man who had been quarantined on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship was confirmed to have died by Japan’s Health Ministry.
The man is the sixth person from the ship to die from the virus but the first British national, Japanese health officials said.
It comes as three more cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in the UK, bringing the total number of known cases to 19, these figures include the first case in Wales, who contracted the virus whilst in Italy.
It was also confirmed that two new patients in England contracted the virus while in Iran, the Department of Health and Social Care said on Friday.
The Foreign Office said it is currently investigating the reports about the British man’s death.
A group of 30 British nationals and two Irish citizens were flown back to the UK from the cruise ship last Saturday, they were taken on coaches to Arrow Park hospital in Wirral, where they are spending two weeks in quarantine.
The coronavirus-hit cruise ship was put under quarantine in Yokohama in early February after a man who disembarked in Hong Kong was found to have the virus.
At least 621 people on the ship tested positive for the virus.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair a meeting of the government’s Cobra emergency committee on Monday in response to a growing number of cases in Europe.
The World Health Organization warned that the outbreak had reached a “decisive point” and had “pandemic potential”.
England’s chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, said on Thursday that transmission of the virus between people in the UK was “just a matter of time”.
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