Mayor Joe Anderson and Liverpool City Council have confirmed the first case of Coronavirus in the city.
Following an emergency meeting today, Joe Anderson took to twitter to say “Following emergency meeting of Health and Wellbeing board that I chaired today, we can confirm Liverpool’s first case of #coronavirus (COVID-19).”
The Liverpool resident is understood to have contracted the illness during a recent trip to Italy.
The city has already played a major role in the country’s fight against Coronavirus housing a number of patients at the Royal Liverpool Hospital.
Public Health England is currently contacting people who may have had close contact with the confirmed case.
Close contacts will be given health advice about symptoms and emergency contact details to use if they become unwell in the 14 days after they had contact with the confirmed case.