PARLIAMENT is expected to ban visitors within days as fears grow over the coronavirus.
The House of Commons Commission met this morning and decided against closing Parliament despite the growing number of cases.
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Instead, visitors could be heavily restricted “within the next week”, with Boris Johnson and Cobra to guide any future decision.
Those tipped to miss out because of the illness include foreign dignitaries, kids on school trips and those attending parties and dinners on the estate.
Last week No10 said “discussions are taking place” between the Commons and Lords bosses over how to best protect MPs and staff working on the estate.
As MPs spend much of their time meeting members of the public, there are fears they could become infected in London before taking the virus back to their own constituencies when they return at the weekends.
Speaking at the time, a spokesman for the Prime Minister said: “Discussions are already taking place with parliamentary authorities and scientific and medical advisers.
“I’m sure Parliament will be led by the advice of the experts in terms of taking the steps it needs in order to protect the people who work there.”
Mr Johnson this morning headed an emergency Cobra meeting to discuss how to stop the spread of the killer bug.
There are currently more than 110,000 cases of the bug globally, with more than 3,800 deaths.
