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Learn more »Those with underlying health conditions, over the age of 70 and pregnant women have also been told to minimise social contact for the next 12 weeks.
Despite the obvious seriousness of the situation it is important to keep the threat in perspective (during the 2017-2018 UK flu season there were 26,408 deaths and 1,692 in 2018-2019) and it is estimated only 2 per cent of those who catch coronavirus will die.
In comparison SARS had a mortality rate of more than 10 per cent.