** London, UK hazmat paramedics swarm Buckingham Palace to treat unwell man
UNITED KINGDOM NEWS
** London Ambulance Service medics were dispatched on high alert to Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon to treat a man outside the gates with suspected coronavirus. That is the word from The Sun (Thomas Burrows/March 16)which said EMS providers in hazmat suits, as well as police officers in masks, converged on the site around 12:07 p.m. According to the newspaper, the service dispatched an incident response officer and a paramedic in addition to the prehospital crew. The man was transported to hospital, but test results for the virus are not yet available. The man, meanwhile, is in police custody as per section 136 of the Mental Health Act. The Queen, 93, who returned from a weekend trip to Windsor Castle, was not exposed to the incident.
