Coronavirus: How can those most at risk prepare? – BBC Newsnight

As the coronavirus spreads in the UK, how can those most at risk protect themselves?
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The number of coronavirus cases in the UK has now reached 373 and we are perpetually told the disease is more of a risk to the elderly and those with underlying health problems.

So how can the vulnerable protect themselves?

Blackpool has one of the oldest demographics in the country – Katie Razzall has gone to see how people there are preparing for the outbreak which has so far killed six people in the UK.

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