Staff member at Worthing Hospital confirmed as one of the eight cases of Coronavirus in UK
Prisoners at HMP Bullingdon are also being tested
A healthcare worker at Worthing Hospital is among the eight confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK.
Staff at the West Sussex hospital received a memo on Tuesday telling them a member of staff working in the A&E department had been diagnosed with the disease.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Health said that all services at the hospital, including surgery and out patients, are operating normally.
It is understood the healthcare worker at Worthing Hospital is not the same person as the locum doctor working in Brighton, who is also one of the eight cases.
Meanwhile, it is understood two prisoners at HMP Bullingdon in Oxfordshire are being tested for the illness and are being held in isolation.
One of the men is understood to have been recently transferred from a Thai jail.
They are both reported to be suffering flu-like symptoms
Published: by Radio NewsHub