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		</div><p>One of the first two people to test positive for coronavirus in the UK is a student at the University of York.</p>
<p>The pair – two members of the same family – are being treated at a specialist unit in Newcastle.</p>
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<p>They had checked in to the Staycity apartment-hotel in York on Wednesday and were taken to hospital that evening.</p>
<p>Health chiefs confirmed on Friday that they had tested positive for the virus – which has killed 259 people in China.</p>
<p>In a statement on Saturday a spokesman for the university said the risk of the infection being passed on to other people on campus is low.</p>
<p>He said: “We understand this development will cause concern and anxiety among our students, staff, and the wider community.</p>
<p>“PHE (Public Health England) has advised us that the risk of infection being passed to others on campus is low.</p>
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<p>“Current information from PHE suggests that the student did not come into contact with anybody on campus whilst they had symptoms, but investigations are ongoing to fully establish this.</p>
<p>“Our immediate concerns are for the affected student and family, along with the health and continued wellbeing of our staff, students and visitors.”</p>
<figure id="attachment_148807" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-148807" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-148807" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/EA37743A-AD2C-4350-BF65-60EEB197C96E.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-148807" class="wp-caption-text">The Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne</figcaption></figure>
<p>The hotel firm has said the apartment involved has been thoroughly disinfected and PHE has been providing support.</p>
<p>The two patients are being treated by Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in its specialist Airborne High Consequences Infectious Disease Centre (HCID).</p>
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<p>Professor Sharon Peacock said PHE is contacting people who had close contact – defined as being within two metres of the infected person for 15 minutes – with the pair.</p>
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