A medical centre in Crawley has been closed due to a "suspected coronavirus case".

Bewbush Medical Centre, on Bewbush Place, has confirmed it closed sometime on Wednesday (March 11) after a person reported having symptoms of COVID-19.

It has not been confirmed if the unwell person tested positive for coronavirus.

As a precaution, which is standard practice across the country, the surgery has closed in order for a deep clean to be carried out.

It is understood the practice will reopen on Thursday afternoon (March 12), although this has not yet been confirmed.

When asked why the surgery had closed, a receptionist at Bewbush Medical Centre confirmed to this website that a patient reported having symptoms and that it's a "suspected coronavirus case".

All patients were reportedly asked to leave the medical centre and appointments on Wednesday afternoon were cancelled.

One resident described the surgery as being on "lockdown".

Another reported that the person who claimed to have symptoms was a man.

Crawley Clinical Commissioning Group has been approached for comment.

As of 9am on Wednesday, there were 456 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK. A total of 27,476 people have so far been tested.

Six people have died from the disease.

In West Sussex, three people have tested positive for coronavirus, although the exact locations have not been released.

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