Number of Coronavirus cases in UK reached 206

Forty two more people have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the UK in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 206.

The number includes five more infections in Scotland, taking the number of cases there to 16.

Meanwhile The Guardian reports that British universities face a black hole of hundreds of millions of pounds in tuition fees from the impact of coronavirus as international students from China and other severely affected countries are forced to cancel or postpone enrolments.

Sources told the Guardian that most universities are planning for new students from China to delay entry until January next year, with online teaching offered. Exams, including English language tests required for visas and university admissions, have been cancelled in China, where 80,000 people have caught coronavirus.

Via Sky / BBC / The Guardian