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- Good morning, we are here live providing the latest updates on coronavirus (Covid-19) in and around Essex and east London.
- As of Wednesday, March 11, eight people in the UK has died after being tested for coronavirus.
- Official figures on cases show that 460 people in the UK have now tested positive for coronavirus, with the largest day-on-day jump recorded, and cases more than doubling in just four days.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Wednesday, March 11, the outbreak of the disease as a pandemic.
- The government is expected to announce that it is stepping up its response to the coronavirus.
- This morning movie star Tom Hanks announced he and wife Rita Wilson have been diagnosed with coronavirus.
- It was also confirmed yesterday that health minister and Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has been diagnosed with the virus.
- It is anticipated the UK will switch to tactics aimed at delaying its spread, rather than containing it, when the government's emergency committee meets.
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