At least two Londoners are among the 13 new patients confirmed to have contracted coronavirus over the weekend.

A teacher at Wimbledon College is understood to have contracted the Covid-19 strain of the potentially lethal virus while on holiday in Italy during the February half-term. Italy is still suffering from the third-worst outbreak of the virus after China and South Korea.

Meanwhile a clinician at Mount Vernon Hospital is also confirmed to have contracted the virus. NHS officials were quick to ensure nobody, either patients or staff, who were in contact with the clinician have also contracted coronavirus.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair a COBRA meeting later today (March 2) to draft an emergency plan after the number of confirmed cases in the UK almost doubled over the weekend.

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