Two travellers to Scotland from China are being treated in hospital amid fears over the spread of the deadly coronavirus. The patients were taken into isolation when they showed flu-like symptoms after entering the UK. No scans for the virus using thermal imagers are being made at Edinburgh Airport as yet although it is believed this will change shortly.
It is believed that the travellers came to Scotland from Wuhan, the Chinese city where the latest outbreak erupted, in the past week.
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Corona virus
Initial tests have not been able to rule out coronavirus but senior doctors believed the timing of the flights and symptoms gave grounds for concern.
One source said that the city’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital infection outbreak and control measures are in place around a ward where a patient was being treated in isolation.
A taxi driver working at Dublin Airport has spoken out about the reality of trying to continue working during the coronavirus outbreak.
Criticising the lack of information given to taxi drivers at the airport by the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), Gerry Fallon claimed that the onus is on individual drivers to accept passengers at their own discretion.
Gerry went on to say that the spread of the coronavirus is likely to take a significant financial toll on himself and his colleagues, as fewer passengers appear to be travelling to and from the airport.