Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan has taken a swipe at Donald Trump over his handling of the coronavirus in the United States.
The presenter hit out at the President of the United States over his stance on preventing the spread of the virus.
As of March 10, there were 732 confirmed cases in the US, with a total of 26 deaths.
There are also 21 confirmed cases among passengers and crew on the Grand Princess cruise ship, which was barred from docking in California.
In the UK, cases have now reached above 300, with five fatalities confirmed.
Speaking about Trump's stance on the virus, Piers said: "If a leader and a government say 'look, this is the situation', and they sound like they're trying to prepare as best they can, but they're honest about what's happening.
"Problem with Trump and America is, he keeps saying 'nothing to see here, we're on top of it', and yet everybody knows it's going to get a lot worse.
"That to me is a lot more damaging to him."
He added: "We've seen oil prices crash to the lowest figure in 30 years, we've seen stock markets crashing to 9/11 and global financial crisis of 2008 levels.
"This is really extraordinary what's going on."
The GMB presenter then expressed his concern over the UK's position, saying: "This thing about 'don't create panic, don't scare people', Italy has been shut down. China, large swathes of it shut down. Iran is being run over by coronavirus. South Korea is testing 10,000 people a day, we're not. This is very close to a pandemic."
He added: "And yet we are doing nothing but saying 'wash your hands'.
"I'm not saying the British government is wrong, but I do want to ask questions.
"The repercussions, if they are wrong, are very serious."
The UK is now preparing to ask even mildly sick people with "minor signs" of a respiratory tract infection or fever to stay at home and self-isolate.
The government's chief medical adviser, Professor Chris Whitty, said that the change could be implemented in the next 10 to 14 days.
The news came as the UK Foreign Office tightened travel restrictions on Italy, warning against all but essential travel to the country after Italy's death toll rose to 463.
