United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 29888
Coronavirus
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16 March 2020
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22 April 2020 · Answer
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22 April 2020
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department was first alerted to the existence of the coronavirus pathogen.
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16 March 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department was first alerted to the existence of the coronavirus pathogen.
Source: Commons
22 April 2020
Answer
On 31 December 2019, Public Health England identified reports of an outbreak of undiagnosed viral pneumonia in Wuhan City, People's Republic of China and on 2 January 2020, the Department was alerted to these reports. On 9 January 2020, Ministers were for...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-03-16/29888
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1185233
- uk · wq-1185233 · source updated 22 April 2020