SNP MP Carol Monaghan has called for the UK Parliament to be isolated in order to help stop the spread of coronavirus.

Monaghan, the MP for Glasgow North West, warned parliamentarians could become "vectors" of the infection, urging the Government to consider bringing in conference calls and electronic voting. 

As the number of coronavirus cases in the UK grew to 90 this morning, England's chief medical officer warned we are moving toward the delay phase and out of the containment phase. 

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This means we can expect ministers to ramp up their approach to Covid-19, potentially closing schools, reducing the number of large-scale events and possibly closing Westminster from Easter until the end of the summer, as reported in The Times. 

The UK Government is expected to reveal further details on its plan in the next few days.

Speaking in the Commons, Monaghan said: "We are all becoming increasingly concerned about Covid-19, the coronavirus.

"But, every week, 650 of us come here from every part of the UK, spend several days operating in close proximity and meeting people from all over the world.

"We then return to our constituencies, potentially becoming the very vectors that we're trying to shut down.

"Parliament must stay open. But what plans does the Prime Minister have to utilise systems such as conference calls and electronic voting to ensure we do not become part of the problem?"

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Boris Johnson replied: "She's raising a very important point and the Chief Medical Officer and the Chief Scientific Adviser, together with the Health Secretary, will say a little bit more in the next couple of days about what we're going to do to delay the advance of coronavirus in Parliament and at other large gatherings.

"We're still at the containment stage ... when we come to the delay phase, she'll be hearing a lot more detail about what we propose to do with large gatherings in places such as Parliament."

This morning three new cases were found in Scotland in Greater Glasgow, Grampian and the Forth Valley. All of the cases were linked to the previous three cases which had been confirmed in Tayside, Ayrshire and Grampian. 

A spokesperson for the Scottish Government said all three are "currently clinically well and are receiving appropriate clinical care".