As of 9am on 14 March 2020, 37,746 people have been tested in the UK, of which 36,606 were confirmed negative and 1,140 were confirmed as positive. 21 patients who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.

For those of a conspiracy bent:
https://www.globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-covid-19-made-in-china-or-made-in-america/5706272

Interestingly Graham Vanbergen, mentioned as a serious journalist on the uk politics thread, is a frequent contributor to GlobalResearch.
Just sayin like.
As an aside, the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, in Fort Detrick, Md. was closed back in August.
Safety concerns have led the government to shut down research involving dangerous microbes like the Ebola virus.