UK.

On his way back to the UK from Singapore, he stopped off at a ski region in France, where five other Britons were subsequently infected with coronavirus, now formally named Covid-19.

Mr Walsh is also linked to a Briton taken ill in Majorca, taking the number of confirmed cases linked to him to 11.

A person being held at Arrowe Park Hospital which is set to be cleared of people today (Picture: AP)

In a statement on his release from hospital, Mr Walsh said: ‘I want to give a big thank you to the NHS who have been great throughout and my thoughts are with everyone around the world who continues to be affected by the virus.’

Professor Keith Willett, NHS strategic incident director, said Mr Walsh was discharged after two negativeSchool of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) have estimated the number of new coronavirus cases in Wuhan could peak by the end of the month, the WHO said it is too early to make such a prediction.

Dr Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme, told Wednesday’s briefing: ‘I think it’s way too early to try and predict the beginning, the middle or the end of this epidemic.’

Elsewhere a major technology show has been cancelled after a number of firms pulled out over coronavirus fears.

The Mobile World Congress (MWC), which had been due to take place in Barcelona at the end of the month, has in previous years attracted some 100,000 visitors, but organisers said it had become ‘impossible’ to hold it this year due to