Article 4YCHS UK seeks 2,000 air passengers from Wuhan amid coronavirus fears

UK seeks 2,000 air passengers from Wuhan amid coronavirus fears

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Nazia Parveen, Hannah Devlin, Libby Brooks and Den
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Chief medical officer says tests on 14 people so far have come back negative

Health officials have teamed up with Border Force agents and airlines to try to track down around 2,000 people who have recently flown into the UK from Wuhan, the Chinese province at the centre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

So far, tests on 14 people in the UK have come back negative as the government seeks to calm concerns over the spread of the virus.

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