Coronavirus: First case confirmed in Scotland

The patient, from the Tayside area, examined fantastic and is receiving remedy in isolation in hospital.

Details of humans they have been in contact with on the grounds that returning to the UK are being gathered.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: "Scotland is well prepared for a considerable outbreak."

The whole quantity of cases that have been recognized in the UK is 36.

Health bosses stated Scotland is "well outfitted to deal with infections of this kind".

Scotland's chief scientific officer Dr Catherine Calderwood said: "We have a tested track record of dealing with difficult fitness issues, and have been getting ready for this possibility on the grounds that the commencing of the outbreak in Wuhan.

"This is top season for respiratory and flu-like illness.

"There will be human beings supplying with symptoms of acute respiratory sickness but these instances are extraordinarily unlikely to be coronavirus (COVID-19)."

The virus is shrunk through shut contact either face-to-face or spending more than 15 minutes inside two metres of an contaminated person, the government said.

Ms Sturgeon said: "Our first thoughts have to be with the patient diagnosed with coronavirus, I want them a speedy recovery.

"Scotland is properly prepared for a extensive outbreak of coronavirus however there is presently no cure or vaccine.

"Early detection measures will continue to be necessary in helping to stop the spread of the virus."