A family from East Sussex may have been Britain’s first coronavirus victims, catching the virus in mid-January after visiting an Austrian ski resort which is now under investigation for allegedly covering up the early outbreak.
If confirmed with official tests, it would mean the outbreak in Britain started more than a month earlier than currently thought.
As things stand, the first recorded UK case was January 31 and the earliest documented incidence of transmission within the UK occurred on February 28.
IT consultant Daren Bland, 50, was skiing in Ischgl, Austria from January 15 to 19 with three friends, two from Denmark and one from Minnesota in America.
All three men fell ill on their return with classic coronavirus symptoms and Mr Bland passed on the infection to his wife and children in Maresfield, east Sussex.
A virus which caused a dry cough then spread rapidly through the locality in the weeks running up to the February half term, with many local children taking time off school with illness.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-...-sussex-family-may-have-infected-coronavirus/
It's not confirmed that the virus above was Covid-19.
First official case of Covid-19 in East Sussex (unconnected) was March 13.
If confirmed with official tests, it would mean the outbreak in Britain started more than a month earlier than currently thought.
As things stand, the first recorded UK case was January 31 and the earliest documented incidence of transmission within the UK occurred on February 28.
IT consultant Daren Bland, 50, was skiing in Ischgl, Austria from January 15 to 19 with three friends, two from Denmark and one from Minnesota in America.
All three men fell ill on their return with classic coronavirus symptoms and Mr Bland passed on the infection to his wife and children in Maresfield, east Sussex.
A virus which caused a dry cough then spread rapidly through the locality in the weeks running up to the February half term, with many local children taking time off school with illness.
[SNIP]
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-...-sussex-family-may-have-infected-coronavirus/
It's not confirmed that the virus above was Covid-19.
First official case of Covid-19 in East Sussex (unconnected) was March 13.