Coronavirus unit in MK: BBC reports unit will be at a 'conference centre' in the city

Friday, 7 February 2020 17:48

The BBC are reporting that the coronavirus quarantine unit will be located at a 'conference centre' in Milton Keynes.

Health Editor for the BBC Hugh Pym has said that the centre is not owned by the NHS, but has "presumably been block booked for two weeks".

The BBC and the NHS have not yet confirmed exactly which conference centre will be used for the quarantine unit.

It is now being reported that the conference centre in question will be Kents Hill Park.

You can read more in our main story here.

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