The new COVID19 cases are being transferred from Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral to specialist NHS infection centres
Sky News correspondent Sally Lockwood, who has seen WhatsApp messages shared between the evacuees, said there was"mounting anger" following the confirmation of the new cases.One text said:"We were told that no one would be on the flight unless they tested negative - that obviously isn't the case."
Paul Hunter, professor of health protection at the University of East Anglia, was highly critical of the error. But Keith Neal, professor of epidemiology of infectious diseases at the University of Nottingham, said quarantine on the Diamond Princess was not working and the British passengers needed to be evacuated."The UK authorities brought the passengers home as they would have continued to be at risk staying on the ship," Professor Neal said.
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