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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Luke O'Reilly, Ellena Cruse

Coronavirus latest LIVE: Hundreds of people contacted after infected person visited London... as first death in Europe confirmed

A woman wears a protective mask as she walks in a nearly empty shopping area (Picture: Getty Images)

More than 200 people who attended a conference in central London have been contacted by health officials after it emerged one delegate is suffering from coronavirus.

It comes as the first coronavirus death in Europe was announced this morning after a elderly man died in France.

Public Health England (PHE) sent a letter to those who were at the UK Bus Summit at the QEII Centre in Westminster on February 6, including several MPs, two of whom have now decided to stay mostly at home.

The person taken ill is one of the nine people diagnosed with coronavirus in the UK.

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