UK coronavirus alert as four patients from Diamond Princess cruise test positive at quarantine in England

FOUR Brits evacuated from the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship have tested positive for coronavirus.

They were part of a group of 32 passengers who arrived at Arrowe Park Hospital in Merseyside last night after weeks trapped on board the ship.

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The Chief Medical Officer for England, Chris Whitty said in a statement: “Four of the 32 cruise ship passengers taken to Arrowe Park, Merseyside, on Saturday have tested positive for coronavirus strain COVID-19″.

He continued: “The virus was passed on in the Diamond princess cruise ship and the patients are being transferred from Arrowe Park to specialist NHS infection centres”.

The remaining 28 passengers will also spend another two weeks in quarantine.

The four new cases bring the total number of UK coronavirus victims to 13.

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