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— Breaking News —

I recommend starting by reading our pt. 1 Jan. 31 update available here.

Jan. 31 is a full day of news for the virus – here’s our part 2 update.

As the virus has continued to spread globally, UK has now become the third country in the EU to get the virus (after France and Germany). The two Chinese tourists, who traveled to the UK’s York region from China (not as part of an evacuation flight), fell ill and reported their symptoms. They are now being treated by specialist medical workers.

The country is another major tourist destination for Chinese visitors, so this isn’t surprising, but so far the hotel remains open and authorities don’t seem concerned about spread to others in the hotel. The UK is launching a nationwide manhunt, however, to find anyone who came in contact with these patients. At this time, the government isn’t reporting who they came into contact with, likely to avoid panic. However, if they went from a crowded airplane and airport to various tourist destinations to a hotel, this number could be enormous.

Separately, concerns of the virus gaining a foothold in India, the second most populated country in the world, and spreading from there are growing. The first case was already confirmed in India, as we discussed in our yesterday update, and the Indian authorities have now reported that 800 people are under observation.

We recommend keeping a close eye on India – a foothold in the second most popular country could have strong effects on both the spread of the virus (India has a porous border with many nearby countries – especially into southeast Asia) along with strong economic effects.