Novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19): The first two patients in the UK with person to person transmission

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Infection, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull, United Kingdom.
• ² Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
• ³ Department of Infection, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull, United Kingdom; Hull York Medical School, University of York, United Kingdom.
• ⁴ PHE Incident Team, Public Health England, National Infection Service, London NW9 5EQ, United Kingdom.
• ⁵ Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom; Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Immunity and Inflammation Theme, Newcastle University, United Kingdom. Electronic address: [email protected].
• ⁶ Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. Electronic address: [email protected].
• ⁷ Airborne HCID Network, United Kingdom.