A fresh batch of cases have been declared across Europe, as the number of coronavirus infections continue to rise in Italy.

Switzerland, Croatia and Austria have all confirmed their first cases.

Meanwhile 1,000 holidaymakers staying at a hotel in Tenerife are under lockdown after an Italian tourist tested positive and the first possible case in mainland Spain was flagged earlier this afternoon.

Fears that the virus may spread throughout the UK continue to grow as a number of schools in England and Northern Ireland have been forced to close after pupils returned from school ski trips in the virus-struck Lombardy region in Italy.

The closures come as Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, said this morning that people flying home from any areas quarantined by the Italian government should self-isolate – whether they show symptoms or not – and that he was "pretty worried".