UK updates:
NHS starts testing suspected coronavirus patients in their own homes
The move means ambulances can be kept in action instead of having to be deep-cleaned after every suspected case.
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NHS staff, including nurses and paramedics, have been issued with home testing kits to stop people travelling with the infection to limit the spread of COVID-19.
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CMO for England announces four new cases of novel coronavirus
Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty statement on four new cases of COVID-19 from the Diamond Princess
Four further patients in England have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in the UK to thirteen.
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.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cmo-for-england-announces-four-new-cases-of-novel-coronavirus
S. Korea, US Military update:
CAMP WALKER, South Korea — U.S. soldiers wearing face masks and gloves wielded thermometers instead of guns as the military fought to keep a deadly virus from spreading to this base in the middle of South Korea’s hardest-hit area.
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Soldiers have been banned from nonessential off-post travel to and from the base, and were told Sunday not to shake hands with anyone.
Civilians have been encouraged to follow the same guidance. Base entry restrictions have been tightened to forbid most visitors, although authorized South Koreans were allowed to come to work.
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However, the military lacks the ability to do its own testing for coronavirus on post so suspected cases have to be sent to local hospitals.
Officials were struggling to facilitate the needs of a community finding itself essentially on lockdown.
Face masks with the ability to filter pathogens were disappearing from the shelves of base stores within an hour of delivery.
Schools that were shuttered last week were to remain closed at least through Friday as a precautionary measure, the Department of Defense Education Activity said late Sunday. Ballanco said earlier that online classes were being considered as an alternative.