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Health minister and Conservative MP Nadine Dorries says she has been diagnosed with coronavirus.
Ms Dorries, the first MP to test positive, said she had taken all the advised precautions after finding out, and had been self-isolating at home.
It comes as a sixth person died from the virus in the UK, which has a total of 382 cases.
The latest person to die was a man in his early 80s who had underlying health conditions.
Meanwhile, NHS England said it was scaling up its capacity for testing people for the infection, with the number of cases set to rise.
That will mean 10,000 tests a day can be done - currently 1,500 are being carried out.
Confirmation of any positive test results will also be accelerated with most people getting a result back within 24 hours.
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Ms Dorries, the MP for Mid Bedfordshire, said in a statement that Public Health England had started tracing people she had had contact with, and the department and her parliamentary office were closely following its advice.
The 62-year-old, who began her career as a nurse, later tweeted that it had been "pretty rubbish but I hope I'm over the worst of it now".
But she added she was worried about her 84-year-old mother who was staying with her and began to cough on Tuesday.
It is not known how many meetings Ms Dorries had attended at Westminster or in her constituency in recent days.
The Department of Health said she first showed symptoms on Thursday - the same day she attended a Downing Street event hosted by the prime minister - and had been self-isolating since Friday.
No 10 did not comment on whether Boris Johnson had undergone testing, or whether he will now be tested.
All health ministers, including Health Secretary Matt Hancock, are to undergo testing for the virus, along with other officials who have come into contact with Ms Dorries.
Mr Hancock tweeted that she had "done the right thing" by self-isolating at home and wished "her well as she recovers".
He added: "I understand why people are worried about this disease. We will do all we can to keep people safe, based on the best possible science."
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51827356?
Who's gonna look out for the UK girls now? Very reassuring... :raycharles2urmess:
They keep picking out these isolated public figures to make headlines. Something ain't right.
Quote from: Ntwadumela on March 10, 2020, 09:14:36 PM
They keep picking out these isolated public figures to make headlines. Something ain't right.
Are you saying "they" are claiming these public figures got infected to cause panic? lol
QuoteThe latest person to die was a man in his early 80s who had underlying health conditions
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I think this is a distraction now.
:woohoo:
Be safe Jayda
Quote from: Boy-x on March 10, 2020, 09:19:13 PM
I think this is a distraction now.
further elaborate please, i don't buy your theory.
how ironic :shook:
Yikes.
Time for a uk lockdown.
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Quote from: Boy-x on March 10, 2020, 09:19:13 PM
I think this is a distraction now.
!!!!
But what from?!?
https://twitter.com/llingajo/status/1237282438319046662
🎺 hun
They are trying to lock down and contain the spread because if they don't, one sixth of the older population could be wiped out. That would be catastrophic for healthcare systems around the world, not to mention economies. It's serious whether we want to believe it or not.
Tbh they need to go.
Maybe they will lower the retirement age again :howfestive:
Quote from: .::Ric0 Fam0s0 Slæ::. on March 10, 2020, 10:09:41 PM
https://twitter.com/llingajo/status/1237282438319046662
🎺 hun
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Quote from: Lil Pump on March 10, 2020, 09:19:04 PM
QuoteThe latest person to die was a man in his early 80s who had underlying health conditions
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its like people WANT to panic :plzstop:
Unless your an 80 year old man with TB
Please stfu
Quote from: Jaydas Ghost on March 11, 2020, 04:14:53 AM
Unless your an 80 year old man with TB
Please stfu
These are still human beings, I wouldn't want my grandma to catch that shit. So it's everyone's responsibility to not take it lightly because it "only kills the old and sick people", while they're spreading it across the globe recklessly. Also it's not just the old that will be dying, hospitals are already being overwhelmed so everyone needing medical care will suffer.
That is just my opinion.
an undiagnosed STD isn't going to make you more susceptible to dying from Corona'
Its too many ppl. Either kim presses the damn button or rona does her thing. Something's gotta give.
Dame espacio 💃🏽
Not rona wiping out the aided girls. This 2 for 1 deal.
:howfestive:
Quote from: heir. on March 11, 2020, 05:40:46 AM
Quote from: Jaydas Ghost on March 11, 2020, 05:38:43 AM
an undiagnosed STD isn't going to make you more susceptible to dying from Corona'
People with compromised immune systems are in more danger. You're telling me that someone unkniwingly walking around with HIV (which isn't very rare) is just as safe from corona as someone who isn't?
Break that down for me.
Who said it didnt :uhh:
sor' when WE mean STD's we're not talking about HIV, we're talking about everything else BUT from HIV :dead:
and I literally said all of that last night
http://www.brandysource.net/index.php?topic=87183.msg2382401#msg2382401
no ones debating with you today hun
sdsd you calm down hun
i said there's no debate to be had here
Quote from: BrandySavedMyLife on March 11, 2020, 05:26:37 AM
Quote from: Jaydas Ghost on March 11, 2020, 04:14:53 AM
Unless your an 80 year old man with TB
Please stfu
These are still human beings, I wouldn't want my grandma to catch that shit. So it's everyone's responsibility to not take it lightly because it "only kills the old and sick people", while they're spreading it across the globe recklessly. Also it's not just the old that will be dying, hospitals are already being overwhelmed so everyone needing medical care will suffer.
That is just my opinion.
The Flu kills more people every year and has a bigger demographic in terms of mortality rate.
Put that into perspective.
The worse is in a worse position with Trump calling it a hoax
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9ksdqbnb9G/
Quote from: Jaydas Ghost on March 11, 2020, 06:06:03 AM
Quote from: BrandySavedMyLife on March 11, 2020, 05:26:37 AM
Quote from: Jaydas Ghost on March 11, 2020, 04:14:53 AM
Unless your an 80 year old man with TB
Please stfu
These are still human beings, I wouldn't want my grandma to catch that shit. So it's everyone's responsibility to not take it lightly because it "only kills the old and sick people", while they're spreading it across the globe recklessly. Also it's not just the old that will be dying, hospitals are already being overwhelmed so everyone needing medical care will suffer.
That is just my opinion.
The Flu kills more people every year and has a bigger demographic in terms of mortality rate.
Put that into perspective.
Countries don't destroy their economies or deploy the military for the seasonal flu.
Corona has a higher case fatality rate and more potential to overrun healtcare than the normal flu. If the spread isn't slowed down enough the CFR goes up, because the 5% that need intensive care are not able to get one.
Quote from: BrandySavedMyLife on March 11, 2020, 06:18:11 AM
Quote from: Jaydas Ghost on March 11, 2020, 06:06:03 AM
Quote from: BrandySavedMyLife on March 11, 2020, 05:26:37 AM
Quote from: Jaydas Ghost on March 11, 2020, 04:14:53 AM
Unless your an 80 year old man with TB
Please stfu
These are still human beings, I wouldn't want my grandma to catch that shit. So it's everyone's responsibility to not take it lightly because it "only kills the old and sick people", while they're spreading it across the globe recklessly. Also it's not just the old that will be dying, hospitals are already being overwhelmed so everyone needing medical care will suffer.
That is just my opinion.
The Flu kills more people every year and has a bigger demographic in terms of mortality rate.
Put that into perspective.
Countries don't destroy their economies or deploy the military for the seasonal flu.
Corona has a higher case fatality rate and more potential to overrun healtcare than the normal flu. If the spread isn't slowed down enough the CFR goes up, because the 5% that need intensive care are not able to get one.
That's called, overeaction.
Quote from: Jaydas Ghost on March 11, 2020, 06:20:13 AM
Quote from: BrandySavedMyLife on March 11, 2020, 06:18:11 AM
Quote from: Jaydas Ghost on March 11, 2020, 06:06:03 AM
Quote from: BrandySavedMyLife on March 11, 2020, 05:26:37 AM
Quote from: Jaydas Ghost on March 11, 2020, 04:14:53 AM
Unless your an 80 year old man with TB
Please stfu
These are still human beings, I wouldn't want my grandma to catch that shit. So it's everyone's responsibility to not take it lightly because it "only kills the old and sick people", while they're spreading it across the globe recklessly. Also it's not just the old that will be dying, hospitals are already being overwhelmed so everyone needing medical care will suffer.
That is just my opinion.
The Flu kills more people every year and has a bigger demographic in terms of mortality rate.
Put that into perspective.
Countries don't destroy their economies or deploy the military for the seasonal flu.
Corona has a higher case fatality rate and more potential to overrun healtcare than the normal flu. If the spread isn't slowed down enough the CFR goes up, because the 5% that need intensive care are not able to get one.
That's called, overeaction.
The numbers dont look good, i really dont see it as an overreaction.
The flu doesn't kill one in six old people. This virus does. Cut the whole overreacting narrative. It's EVERYONE responsibility to protect the vulnerable.
Quote from: ShujQuarius on March 11, 2020, 07:14:29 AM
The flu doesn't kill one in six old people. This virus does. Cut the whole overreacting narrative. It's EVERYONE responsibility to protect the vulnerable.
I don't see the issue here