well this hotel is extremely popular
with Chinese students and tourists it's
close to the city center next to all of
the attractions and it's understood that
the family who arrived here on Wednesday
had come from China to enjoy this city
but later on that day they started to
feel ill they themselves called a doctor
and it's been reported that paramedics
arrived here in hazmat suits and took
them away to a hospital initially in
home
two of the family members tested
positive for the virus becoming the
first confirmed cases in this country
they have since been transferred to
Newcastle where there's a specialist
unit for dealing with infectious
diseases and we're told that because of
their expertise there anyone being
treated there as this family still are
is highly likely to get better
what is the hotel surge well looking at
the hotel today you won't have known
that this incident had even happened
indeed when we initially arrived here we
were told by the receptionist that the
story simply wasn't true confirmation
came later in the form of a statement
from head office they told us that
public health England had advised the
hotel that there was minimal risk of
ongoing infection to the guests and
staff here and that they had sealed off
the room where the family had been
staying and that in due course this
apartment will have a deep environmental
clean but for now the rest of the 136
apartments are still available to rent
and in fact when we came here there were
people checking in who weren't being
told what had happened it was only as
the story developed and people started
reading about what was being reported
that we then saw people going to
reception and asking for a refund and a
number of those guests said to was that
they were surprised and angry that they
hadn't been told about what had happened
here after we arrived here the mum saw
it on the news though
someone's sick here so I think we just
changed you in the other hotel did they
tell you that two people had been taken
ill no not at all
you shocked by hearing from you yes
we've just arrived so they mention
anything to you didn't know it was not
worrying him a little bit yes yeah we
literally arrived about an hour ago so
but yeah nobody said anything on
checking well public health England's
say they're urgently trying to contact
anyone who came into close contact with
the family although they admit they
don't know how many this might be the
advice for anyone who is worried as with
any cold or flu is to regularly and
thoroughly wash your hands and if you
sneeze cover your mouth and nose - nah
thanks very much for that
well the 83 Britons at re-park hospital
in the world will be kept in quarantine
for two weeks in a separate
accommodation block the hospital has
insisted it's perfectly safe for people
to carry on turning up to appointments
as normal let's go live now to our north
of England correspondent Claire Fallon
who's there Claire we're only about two
minutes ago Cathy though the flurry of
blue lights on the main road that's just
at the front of this hospital followed
by the coaches bringing a hundred or so
people who managed to leave Rohan during
the early hours of this morning to this
site this place has been chosen because
it's very near to specialist centres
where they have expertise in dealing
with this kind of virus I'd imagine the
coaches are probably arriving at the
back of this site at the moment the
people won't be staying in the hospital
itself it's the building's just behind
me which are usually used as staff
accommodation which will essentially
become an isolation unit for the next
two weeks once the people arrive they'll
go inside they will stay there for two
weeks they won't be allowed to leave the
hope is then they'll be able to go home
we've been following their journey here
over the last 24 hours
so this is the ticket we got and
obviously that's the blankest ticket
you'll ever see no it's bit blurry
flying back into the UK but not yet
going home
first they'll be two weeks of lockdown
for fear those on board might be
carrying the deadly coronavirus this is
it almost almost through they're looking
fast now fly into England and then
quarantine for two weeks and hopefully
all will be well after that along with
been a teacher who's been working in
Wuhan there are families some with young
children waiting for them at Brize
Norton were medics and police more
health checks and a fleet of horsemen
branded coaches as if the scene wasn't
already apocalyptic enough
in little over a month the virus has
spread from Wuhan to every province in
China at least 200 people are known to
have died they've been around 10,000
confirmed cases and now the list of
countries affected is growing and as of
today includes the UK but still Wuhan is
the place worst-affected described by
some as panic building whatever you call
it it's impressive a second hospital is
going up at speeds and the suburbs
within days I'll be treating patients
here in the UK less spectacular but
still crucial in the battle to stop the
spread of the corona virus those who've
returned from Wuhan will spend their
next two weeks in quarantine on the
world not as was first suggested at a
disused NHS facility but at
accommodation where NHS workers were
living until yesterday on the site of
arrow Park Hospital which is still very
much in use this very fragile people
here and why are they bringing people
who have a possible deadly virus are
they gonna bring them up here or here
dumping ground these are questions that
we as local residents really want to
know what we hope is that all these
people will have 14 days how isolated
from the general public but with you
know not in the sense of solitary
confinement and then they will be able
to be released without any symptoms at
all as supplies arrived we're told not
just milk and juice but games consoles
and toys to the children Hospital bosses
said patients and people living nearby
should not worry but this is now
officially a global public health
emergency