UK virus reproduction rate rises slightly

Updated May 16 2020 - 3:46am, first published 3:44am
UK health officials say 236,711 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in the UK.
UK health officials say 236,711 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in the UK.

The reproduction rate of the coronavirus in the United Kingdom is now somewhere between 0.7 and 1.0, government scientific advisers say.

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