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Evening Standard
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Ellena Cruse

Coronavirus latest LIVE: Millions of Brits in London and the UK may face being quarantined in their homes

Workers in protective suits conduct RNA tests on specimens inside a laboratory (Picture: REUTERS)

Millions of Brits who develop flu-like symptoms may have to "self-isolate" at home for two weeks.

If the number of confirmed coronavirus cases rises past 100, UK residents could be advised to quarantine themselves to limit the chance of the outbreak spreading.

Senior NHS managers have been told that medics will stop testing for the strain known as Covid-19 “once around 100 cases have been confirmed”, The Sunday Telegraph reported.

So far there have been nine confirmed cases in the UK and eight of the virus victims have now left hospital.

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