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The number of coronavirus cases in the UK has reached 206 - a rise of 43 since figures were released on Friday.
As of Saturday morning, 21,460 had been tested for the virus, the Department of Health and Social Care said.
It comes as England's deputy chief medical officer said the UK remained in the outbreak's "containment" phase.
Jenny Harries told the BBC a decision about the next phase of delaying the spread of the virus would depend on how fast the number of cases rose.
But she said the UK was "teetering on the edge" of sustained transmission.
On Friday, a man in his 80s with underlying health conditions became the second person in the UK to die after testing positive for the virus at Milton Keynes Hospital.
On Saturday, the hospital confirmed the patient, who was admitted for a separate issue, had spent two days in a ward before being isolated and tested for coronavirus.
The man, who had been travelling, had at first showed no symptoms of coronavirus, the hospital said.
Prof Joe Harrison, chief executive of the hospital trust, said: "After two days in the hospital they started showing signs of deterioration and at that point we decided to isolate the patient and test them for coronavirus and unfortunately that came back as positive.
"What we were doing was looking after that patient in a bay on one of our wards and subsequent to that we have ensured all of those patients have been followed up, as have the staff, to ensure that they are tested and appropriately isolated.
"We currently have five patients who are isolated and have been tested and we are awaiting results of those to come back and we have asked nine staff to self isolate."
The hospital said it had already carried out a review of the patient's care but determined he had been treated appropriately.
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The UK's first death - a woman in her 70s who also had underlying health conditions - was confirmed on Thursday. A British man also died last month in Japan after contracting the virus on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship.
The UK's strategy on responding to the virus has three phases - containment, delay, and mitigation - alongside ongoing research.
Up until now, the containment phase has involved catching cases early and tracing all close contacts to halt the spread of the disease for as long as possible,
Moving into the delay phase could see the introduction of "social distancing" measures, such as closing schools and urging people to work from home.
Dr Harries said a decision on formally moving to the next phase would depend on how quickly the number of cases rises.
"We are, if you like, teetering on the edge, but not there just yet," she said. "We have surveillance systems in place and we're watching that on a daily basis."
The delay phase would focus on trying to prevent cases from rising too sharply, pushing the peak of the epidemic out of the winter period and helping health and social care services manage the flow of patients, she said.
Scientific advisers are due to review the evidence next week on measures such as restricting large gatherings, she said.
Dr Harries said they needed to "balance the benefits" with minimising disruption to people's lives and the economy, as well as ensuring that they are implemented at the time when they will have the most impact.
In other developments:
- Iran - one of the worst-hit countries outside China, where the virus originated - confirmed on Saturday it had almost 6,000 coronavirus cases and 145 deaths
- On Monday, the government will meet with sporting bodies and broadcasters to discuss the possibility of staging sports events behind closed doors
- The women's Six Nations rugby match between Scotland and France in Glasgow on Saturday was postponed after a Scottish player contracted the virus
- A church which had to close because a member of its congregation tested positive for coronavirus said he had no symptoms when he attended worship
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Image captionThe Grand Princess, one of the world's largest cruise ships, is being held off the Californian coast
The updated figures come as US authorities prepare to respond to a coronavirus-hit cruise ship carrying British passengers off the Californian coast, after 21 people on board tested positive for the illness.
US Vice-President Mike Pence said on Friday that the Grand Princess, carrying more than 3,500 people on board, including 140 Britons, had been directed to a non-commercial port for testing.
Jackie Bissell, from Dartford in Kent, said passengers have had little information about what would happen to them since a note was pushed through their door two days earlier saying the virus may be on the ship.
"You can't go out. You can just go out in the hall if somebody taps your door. They put your food outside, drop your menus inside and that's about it," the 70-year-old said.
Dr Harries said she has a "great deal of trust" in the US public health system and said the Foreign Office was "extremely active" in looking after UK citizens abroad.
Globally, the number of coronavirus cases has now passed 100,000, with 3,400 deaths.
The government has updated its advice for travellers from Italy - the country in Europe that has been worst-affected by the virus with more than 4,600 cases.
It now says people who develop symptoms after returning from any part of Italy - not just the north of the country - should self-isolate, while those returning from quarantined areas should self-isolate even without symptoms.
The Foreign Office is also warning travellers to Moscow in Russia that they may be told to self-isolate for 14 days on arrival from the UK, as part of measures to control the virus.
It says in a small number of cases, foreign visitors have been placed in enforced quarantine if they have not complied.
Yes, it reads as though they are being very careful what information they give.I also spotted that earlier as you did, now it doesn't seem to be as prominent...mmhh
has the beeb been 'advised'..?
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New South Wales Police have been called to a supermarket in Western Sydney after an argument broke out between two women over toilet paper.
I have just remembered a Seinfeld episode with Elaine Benes in a fight over toilet paper with the cry of" I Don't Have a Square to Spare"More toilet paper news at Woolies Chullora store in Sydney.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-07/two-women-brawl-in-supermarket-over-toilet-paper/12036218
The Trump administration, meanwhile, is facing intense scrutiny over its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
President Donald Trump has largely downplayed the severity of the outbreak and placed officials with little to no background in managing public health crises or infectious diseases in charge of spearheading the White House’s response.
On Friday, the president drew sharp backlash when he told reporters that although scientific and medical experts had urged him to bring infected Americans off the cruise ship, he didn’t want to do so because it would cause the number of reported cases to go up and it “wasn’t our fault.”
Research the sicknesses that DO cause fever completely divorced from Covid 19.
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