First case of coronavirus confirmed in London – as it happened

Latest update on coronavirus outbreak, including WHO press conference and first case in London Mobile World Congress axed after firms quit over virus fearsCoronavirus – latest updates 8.06pm GMT Senior scientific figures have played down the significance of the confirmation that a case of coronavirus has been confirmed in the UK’s largest population centre. Dr Michael Tildesley, associate professor in mathematical epidemiology at the University of Warwick, has said:It has been confir