Article 500M0 UK's 20th coronavirus case is first to catch illness in Britain

UK's 20th coronavirus case is first to catch illness in Britain

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Denis Campbell and Matthew Weaver
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Man from Surrey is now in isolation unit at Guy's and St Thomas' hospital in London

A man from Surrey has been taken to a hospital isolation unit after becoming the UK's 20th confirmed case of coronavirus.

He is the first patient in England to catch the illness in the UK. The chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, said it was unclear whether they contracted it directly or indirectly from someone who had recently returned from abroad.

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