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First person to catch coronavirus in UK identified as Nottingham woman – Birmingham Live
The woman, who died after falling ill with the virus, provided a sample on February 21 – which later tested positive
A 75-year-old woman in Nottingham was the first person to contract coronavirus in the UK, researchers believe.
The woman, who died after falling ill with the virus, provided a sample on February 21 – which later tested positive – after being admitted to hospital with severe breathing difficulties, researchers from the University of Nottingham say.
They made the discovery after analysing 1,660 samples from 1,378 patients that were collected between January 2 and March 11 from a Nottingham teach…
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