Echo and Gazette front pages show what happened when coronavirus first hit Essex IT HAS been a year since the first person tested positive for coronavirus in Essex. The county was thrust into the spotlight as it became one of the first places in the UK to record a case of the deadly virus. At the time just 35 cases had been confirmed across the country. The patient had no relevant travel to an affected area. As a result investigations were undertaken to see if the patient had contracted it “directly or indirectly” from an individual who had recently travelled abroad.
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Echo and Gazette front pages show what happened when coronavirus first hit Essex IT HAS been a year since the first person tested positive for coronavirus in Essex. The county was thrust into the spotlight as it became one of the first places in the UK to record a case of the deadly virus. At the time just 35 cases had been confirmed across the country. The patient had no relevant travel to an affected area. As a result investigations were undertaken to see if the patient had contracted it “directly or indirectly” from an individual who had recently travelled abroad.