The coronavirus has now affected people throughout the country, from Devon in the South to the Shetland Islands in the North.
In the past week COVID-19 has spread across the whole of the United Kingdom, with cases reported in all but a few places.The first person to become infected in the UK, instead of abroad, was a man from Haslemere. It's not known how he came into contact with the disease.
Health Minister Nadine Dorries has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and other Westminster staff and politicians are in self-isolation after meeting her. Five students at the University of Oxford have also tested positive for the disease, according to Public Health England. A surgeon and another staff member at the Aintree University Hospital in Merseyside have been diagnosed with the virus.
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