{"id":15404,"date":"2020-03-05T11:49:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T02:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/mar\/05\/coronavirus-live-updates-italy-germany-pandemic-europe-uk-us-australia-india-update-latest-news"},"modified":"2020-03-06T03:55:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T18:55:03","slug":"coronavirus-latest-updates-australia-warns-its-worst-case-scenario-is-millions-infected-over-several-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=15404","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: patient with underlying health conditions becomes first fatality in UK \u2013 latest updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boris Johnson warns coronavirus likely to significantly spread in UK; Iran limits travel as 3,500 infected; California declares state of emergency<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/mar\/05\/coronavirus-latest-at-a-glance-5-march\">Coronavirus latest: at a glance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/mar\/05\/has-covid-19-mutated-into-a-more-deadly-strain-busting-the-coronavirus-myths\">Has Covid-19 mutated into a more deadly strain? Busting the myths<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/mar\/05\/trump-coronavirus-who-global-death-rate-false-number\">Trump calls WHO\u2019s global death rate \u2018a false number\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/mar\/05\/really-stressful-italians-struggle-to-cope-with-education-closures\">\u2018Really stressful\u2019: Italians struggle to cope with education closures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2020\/jan\/23\/tell-us-have-you-been-affected-by-the-coronavirus\">Share your experiences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-03-05T18:55:03.432Z\">6.55pm <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a summary of today\u2019s biggest developments in the global coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n<p> <span>Related: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/mar\/05\/coronavirus-latest-at-a-glance-5-march\">Coronavirus latest: at a glance<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-03-05T18:51:10.576Z\">6.51pm <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>Health secretary Matt Hancock tweeted his condolences to the family of the first person to die in the UK with coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Terribly sad news today that a patient with underlying health conditions has died with coronavirus in Reading. My sincere condolences to their family and loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>We will work tirelessly to protect the public from this disease.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/mar\/05\/coronavirus-live-updates-italy-germany-pandemic-europe-uk-us-australia-india-update-latest-news\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boris Johnson warns coronavirus likely to significantly spread in UK; Iran limits travel as 3,500 infected; California declares state of emergencyCoronavirus latest: at a glanceHas Covid-19 mutated into a more deadly strain? 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