UK PM chairs emergency meeting as COVID-19 cases rise to 40

Britain's Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg (2nd L) leaves the Cabinet Office after an emergency meeting in London, Britain, on March 2, 2020. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday chaired a meeting of the government's COBRA emergency committee amid rising threat of the novel coronavirus as Britain confirmed four new COVID-19 cases on the same day, bringing its total number of infections to 40. (Photo by Ray Tang/Xinhua)