Lancaster man describes life inside Coronavirus quarantine

A Lancaster man flown home from the Chinese province at the centre of the global coronavirus outbreak has told of life inside quarantine.
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Kharn Lambert and his 81-year-old grandmother Veronica Theobald are among the Brits being kept isolated in Wirral hospital, and he filmed their surroundings.

He told Sky News: "We spent more than 30 hours, I would say almost 40 hours on the road travelling from Wuhan to the Wirrall. So everybody checked in last night, got a few amenities like shower gel, and went straight to bed.

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"We are free to move around and we can talk to each other, but if we can stay isolated as much as we can then they would prefer that.

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"We are allowed to go outside... they have put a fence around the perimeter to stop us from getting outside of the courtyard, and it's patrolled by the police quite regularly.

"It's quite a surreal situation. Obviously it's something you'd never expect to experience in life. It's only been a few hours, we've been here less than a day but honestly it feels like we've been here for a very long time."

Eleven more Brits are set to be flown home to join the 83 in quarantine, it was reported this morning.

A public health campaign was also launched in the UK today, urging people to use tissues when coughing and sneezing and to wash their hands regularly.

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