Anyone with a persistent cough or high temperature is now being advised to self-isolate for seven days, as the UK government moves to the "delay" phase of its plan to tackle coronavirus.
From Friday, school trips abroad will be banned, and older people and those with pre-existing health conditions have been told not to go on cruises.
In total, 10 people have now died in the UK with the virus and there have been 596 confirmed cases across the country.
Announcing the measures after an emergency Cobra meeting yesterday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson described the spread of coronavirus as "the worst public health crisis for a generation".
He added: "I must level with you, the British public, more families will lose their loved ones before their time."
The delay phase aims to lower the impact of the virus and push it away from the winter season.
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