London: In UK, experts inform patients recently reports dying from the coronavirus in the country were infected around a month ago before the countrywide lockdown and social distancing measures came into existence.
Till the day, UK has reported 19,784 confirmed coronavirus cases, with 1,231 deaths.
Professor James Naismith, director of the Rosalind Franklin Institute at the University of Oxford, said it can take up to two weeks from infection to onset of symptoms. For over 80% of people these symptoms are mild. And for the much smaller number who develop the most serious illness, intensive care will be needed around 10 days later.
It is also reported that those who do not recover but die, data from China suggests, it takes around another four days. The tragic deaths occured today will be from people infected a month ago.They also mentioned that it is inevitable that there will be more tragedies for families ahead.
Experts also emphasised by following the government's advice on social distancing, the British is capable of “reduce the final death toll".
Experts said the country must expect and welcome changes in government advice as science, medicine and social science work together to learn more to contain COVID19.
The UK's highest daily increase in deaths is 260, confirmed by the Department of Health on Saturday.
On Saturday the UK witnessed its highest number of deaths 260 by coronavirus.
