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A patient at the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel has tested positive, Barts Health NHS Trust has confirmed. A spokesman has told the Guardian that “staff in close contact with the patient have been sent home to self-isolate, as per PHE guidance”.

The department of health and social care says it’s unable to say whether or not the patient’s included in or additional to the number of confirmed cases it released earlier today.

Courtesy of theguardian.com