RUSHES: Coronavirus: Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty press conference

Coronavirus: Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty press conference; ENGLAND: London: Westminster: Marylebone: Academy Of Medical Sciences: INT Sir Patrick Vallance (Chief Scientific Adviser) and Professor Chris Whitty (Chief Medical Officer) press conference part 9 of 10 Question and answer session SOT. - Whitty: General Public Health point on epidemics / If you have global pandemic the idea of containment in one country and it goes away doesn't strike me as plausible / Self answering question / Secondly, isolation and case finding are powerful tools even in an outbreak in the beginning and end - not in the middle outbreak / Broadly true statement, some exceptions, but global pandemics and tracking don't go together as a practical strategy / - Whitty: Thanks to fantastic work of journalists / Not worried that the public are ignorant of this virus' existence / People are aware of things that are true and some things that may not be / Children get this less strongly than adults / True that majority of deaths are those quite elderly or with pre-existing health conditions / Still some young people ending up in intensive care - majority will get through this, young or old, but do not want to overstate that / People will largely have mild symptoms / In every age group only a minority will have severe symptoms / We're not telling people to worry but want everyone aware not to be trivia and that this is still serious, even as a young adult