Security employees on duty check their colleagues’ temperature at their workstations in Appotronics factory in Shenzhen, amid coronavirus outbreak in China. Photograph: Alex Plavevski/EPA
The chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, has said:
I am very sorry to report a second 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 Milton Keynes University Hospital, was an older patient who had underlying health conditions. Contact tracing is already underway.
A man in his 80s has become the second person in the UK to die after testing positive for coronavirus.
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has said the man, who had underlying health conditions, tested positive for coronavirus shortly before his death on 5 March.
His family has been informed and our thoughts and condolences are with them at what is undoubtedly a difficult and distressing time. The hospital continues to work with Public Health England to isolate any patients or staff who had contact with the patient.
All services and appointments at the hospital are running normally. The trust is following established guidelines to minimise the risk of the virus spreading. We will not be commenting further and ask that the family’s privacy is respected.
The United Arab Emirates has discovered 15 new cases, its health ministry has announced. It added that the total number of cases there stands at 45, while two more patients have been cured, bringing the total number of cured people to seven.
One of the four new cases confirmed in Poland on Friday had been in Great Britain, the local health ministry has said. It added he presented himself to the local health services because he was showing symptoms. Those four new cases take the total number in Poland to five.
Costa Rica’s government has confirmed its first case; in a 49-year-old woman from the United States who is in the Central American nation with her husband, the Reuters news agency reports.
The instance marks the first confirmed infection of the fast-spreading coronavirus in Central America.
Colombia has confirmed its first case of coronavirus, joining other South American countries already reporting cases of the fast-spreading disease. The 19-year-old patient had visited Milan, the Colombian health ministry has said, adding that she sought medical care after presenting symptoms of the virus.
Security employees on duty check their colleagues’ temperature at their workstations in Appotronics factory in Shenzhen, amid coronavirus outbreak in China. Photograph: Alex Plavevski/EPA
