London Underground driver tests positive for coronavirus

A London Underground driver has tested positive for new coronavirus, PA media reported.

The man, who works on the Tube's Jubilee Line, has been off work this week after returning from holiday in Vietnam, the news agency quoted sources as saying.

A Transport for London spokesman said the driver was receiving support from health services and he was not working in a customer-facing area, according to local media.

The UK has recorded 590 confirmed cases and ten deaths so far.

Six MPs in the UK parliament have been in self-isolation. Nadine Dorries, a health minister, tested positive for the disease on Tuesday evening.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Thursday that up to 10,000 people may already have coronavirus in Britain and many families should expect to lose loved ones before their time as the government moves to the next stage of its phased plan to tackle the outbreak.