UK moves to part two of coronavirus plan as cases hit 90
Iran will close schools and universities until 20 March in an attempt to curb the spread
Switzerland has reported its first death from the virus - a 74-year-old woman who died in hospital in LausanneAnd the world's biggest dog show, Crufts, has begun in Birmingham,Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the government's scientific advisory group for emergencies was considering a range of options to delay the spread of the disease.
He told ITV's This Morning programme that Sage had told him measures such as closing schools and banning big events"don't work as well perhaps as people think". Another way of responding to the virus would be to"take it on the chin" and allow it to"move through the population without really taking as many draconian measures", Mr Johnson said.About 90,000 people have been infected globally since the outbreak of coronavirus in Hubei province, China, in December, with cases in more than 50 countries and more than 3,000 deaths.
Last week, a British man who was infected on the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in Japan became the
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