Four more people have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the UK, bringing the total number of cases so far to 40.
The cases have been confirmed in Devon, Hertfordshire and Kent.
In Devon a number of primary and secondary schools around the borough of Torbay have been shut down on Monday.
In a statement, England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said: “As of 9am this morning, four further patients in England have tested positive for Covid-19.
“All four patients had recently travelled from Italy. The patients are from Hertfordshire, Devon and Kent. All are being investigated and contact tracing has begun.
“The total number of UK cases is 40.”
A case of Covid-19 has been confirmed at North East London NHS Foundation Trust offices in Kent.
Vinters Business Park – home to Maidstone Studios and an office suite used by the trust – confirmed that a tenant had tested positive for the virus and their team “is taking the sensible precaution of self-isolating and working from home”.
A spokesman for the park said: “We can confirm that the individual diagnosed with Covid-19 was located in the NELFT Trust NHS office suite.”
