Coronavirus granddad, 88, had returned from dream foreign cruise days before death as UK ramps up response to outbreak
Coronavirus granddad, 88, had returned from dream foreign cruise days before death as UK ramps up response to outbreak NewsColony A GRANDFATHER who become the second UK patient to die after testing positive for coronavirus had returned from a foreign cruise just days before his death. The 88-year-old passed away in Milton Keynes Hopsital yesterday after being admitted with pneumonia on March 3. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates 12 Young women walk through central London with surgical masks aimed at protecting them from coronavirus Credit: Getty Images – Getty 12 Sir Patrick Vallance, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government, said it is a ‘global epidemic and we would expect to see more cases in the UK’ 12 A coronavirus patient is confirmed to have died at Milton Keynes Hospital Credit: Google 12 Health Secretary Matt Hancock described the pensioner as “somebody older” who had “underlying health conditions”. It is unders...