The first cases in europe have been confirmed in france. Fergus walsh reports. Ten days from now, on this waste ground in wuhan will be a brand new hospital. The extraordinary pace of building a sign of how seriously china is taking the threat from the new coronavirus. The prefabricated building will have 1000 beds. It is urgently needed because hospitals in wuhan are overwhelmed with potential cases. The symptoms include cough, fever and breathing problems. A dozen cities have now been quarantined, affecting more than 30 million people. As you see, nobody here, it is absolutely empty. This should be the busiest time of year for travel and for hotels, but this one in wuhan is deserted. In downing street, borisjohnson hosted a reception to mark chinese new year. The governments Emergency Cobra Committee also met to discuss the risk to the uk, which is considered low. We think that theres a fair chance we may get some cases over time. Of course, this depends on whether this continues for