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suggested the final figure would be

only a fraction of this. As the number

of UK victims rose from 39 to 51:

n The new cases included two in Bury

and another in Bolton, as well as oth-

ers in London and Hampshire;

n A major advertising campaign will

urge Britons to wash their hands for

20 seconds throughout the day;

n The Queen wore long gloves at an

investiture for what was believed to

be the first time in decades;

ous crime rings. Emergency

laws will be rushed forward to

allow greater ‘flexibility’ for

public services.

Measures include allowing

retired healthcare staff to

come back to work; suspend-

ing rules on class sizes; allow-

ing children to be taught at

different schools if theirs is

closed; and allowing suspects

held on remand to appear in

court by video link.

Closing down entire cities –

as happened in China – has

been all but ruled out, with the

benefit seen as ‘virtually zero’.

Chief Medical Officer Chris

Whitty yesterday said he

expected the spread to be

‘probably a lot lower’ than the

worst-case scenario in which

eight in ten could get it.

But he said the NHS had to

plan for the worst, which could

involve two million being

hospitalised.

Officials said the trigger for

moving from the ‘contain’

phase to the ‘delay’ phase

would come when there was

no realistic possibility of pre-

venting a global pandemic.

had declared a ‘Level Four’ incident,

the highest level of alert, as officials

brace for a surge in coronavirus cases

in the coming weeks.

Hospitals have been advised to post-

pone treatment where possible and

treat patients at home, or in the com-

munity to ease pressure on beds.

At a press conference in No 10 yester-

day, the Prime Minister said ‘all rea-

sonable and necessary steps’ were

being taken. He stressed that for the

overwhelming majority the virus

would produce only a mild disease.

But there are fears for the over-80s,

who are thought to be especially sus-

ceptible. In a worst-case scenario, offi-

cial projections point to as many as

half a million deaths, although experts

insisted early evidence from China

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n The death rate rose to 3.4 per

cent from 2 per cent – possibly

because the number of mild

cases is being under-reported;

n Sick pay and benefit rules

could be overhauled;

n A Wirral secondary school

closed for a deep clean after a

parent became infected;

n The US Federal Reserve

announced a surprise cut in

interest rates, with the Bank of

England expected to follow;

n Shoppers ignored ‘Don’t

panic’ warnings and cleared

shelves of essentials;

n In Italy, the death toll soared

to 79 and Iran temporarily

freed 54,000 prisoners to com-

bat the spread of the virus.

The 12-week plan will come

into force should the virus

defeat efforts to contain it.

Officials believe that cutting

s t r a i n o n t h e N H S , a n d

patients could be discharged

early to free up beds.

Last night it was claimed

that non-time-critical homi-

cide investigations could be

postponed as long as there

was no increase in threat.

Forces could also increase

response times to crimes such

as burglaries and postpone

some operations, such as

action against gangs or seri-

social activities by up to three

quarters could hugely restrict

its spread. Mass events, such

as concerts, sports matches or

even the May local elections or

VE Day commemorations,

could be cancelled.

Families were also warned

that they may be asked to go

into quarantine at home if one

or more of them contracts the

virus. Routine operations

could be cancelled to ease the

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HOW THE BUG

IS SPREADING

WIRRAL: 5

Four evacuated from

Diamond Princess

cruise ship in Japan,

and one is parent of

child at school in area

BELFAST: 1

Came from

northern Italy

via Dublin

SWANSEA: 1

Visited Italy

GLOUCESTERSHIRE: 2

Primary school worker who

returned from northern

Italy, and one more

BERKSHIRE: 1

Primary school

staffmember who

had been overseas

BURY: 3

One patient visited

northern Italy, had

contact with other two

DEVON: 2

Secondary school

pupil and relative

infected in Italy

BRADFORD: 1 case

Infected in Italy

TAYSIDE: 1

First Scottish case,

returned from Italy

BRIGHTON: 6

‘Superspreader’

Steve Walsh got

virus in

Singapore and

infected five

others in France

LONDON: 5

Two infected

in Iran, one in

China, plus

two more

ESSEX: 1

Had not

travelled

abroad

HERTFORDSHIRE: 3

Includes two parents

of school children

KENT: 1

NHS worker

who visited Italy

LEEDS: 2

Infected in Iran

YORK: 2

Chinese student and mother

DERBYSHIRE: 1

Had been on

holiday in Tenerife

SURREY: 3

One returned from

Milan, then two in

same family

contracted virus here

WEST

SUSSEX: 2

Contracted

from a man

in Surrey

BRITAIN

CASES:

51

BOLTON: 1

Visited Italy

HAMPSHIRE: 1

Announced yesterday

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE: 1

Announced yesterday

HULL: 1

Visited Italy

Note:12 new cases were announced yesterday, but the Department

of Health refused to confirm where four of them were found