Britain's Health Minister: The deadly Chinese virus will spread

Britain's Health Minister declared today that the number of cases of a new Chinese Corona-virus is likely to be higher than confirmed so far, so the death toll is expected to increase.

All victims have so far been on China's territory. However, this is a developing situation and the number of deaths and the number of patients is likely to be higher than confirmed so far, ” said Matt Hancock during an address to the British Parliament.

He also recalled that a small number of people infected with the new virus have now been discovered in other countries, including Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States.

There are no confirmed cases of this new infection in Great Britain”, Hancock said.

China has closed two cities today, in an attempt to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus, which has resulted in the death of 17 people and some 600 others have been infected, while health authorities worldwide are preparing to prevent a global pandemic.