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The UK's health secretary has said coronavirus is a 'serious and imminent threat' to the British publicThe spread of coronavirus is a"serious and imminent threat" to the British public, the health secretary has said.
The announcement by Matt Hancock gives the government additional powers to fight the spread of the virus, which originated in a market in Wuhan, China.A Department of Health statement said:"The Secretary of State has made regulations to ensure that the public are protected as far as possible from the transmission of the virus.
"The Secretary of State declares that the incidence or transmission of novel Coronavirus constitutes a serious and imminent threat to public health, and the measures outlined in these regulations are considered as an effective means of delaying or preventing further transmission of the virus."
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