The unnamed man contracted the virus in Singapore and is understood to have been the first UK national to catch the illness.
Thousands remain stranded on cruise ships docked in Japan and Hong Kong
French officials said the British national who was in Singapore returned on 24 January and stayed for four days in the area in eastern France, before returning to England on 28 January. Chief medical officer for England Professor Chris Whitty said the patient, who is being treated at the Royal Free Hospital in London, is"a known contact of a previously confirmed UK case, and the virus was passed on in France".Professor Paul Hunter, professor in medicine, University of East Anglia, said:"This new case would appear to be linked to the cluster of cases in the French ski resort which is also linked to the case in Brighton.
"If the new individual had been already identified through contact tracing and the person was self-isolating then this should not pose any additional risk.
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