On 29 February, three further cases of the virus were confirmed, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 23, after 10,483 people had been tested. Two of the three affected people had recently returned from Italy while the third had come back from Asia. On the same day, Scottish CMO, Catherine Calderwood announced that surveillance would begin at some hospitals and 41 GP surgeries in Scotland. Around 442,675 calls were made to the non-emergency line 111 in the last week of February.
