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​Police Forced To Issue Urgent Warning After 'Contagious' Woman Escapes From Hospital

​Police Forced To Issue Urgent Warning After 'Contagious' Woman Escapes From Hospital

Police refused to give any further information about what McConnon's 'contagious' condition was

Jess Hardiman

Jess Hardiman

Police mysteriously warned the general public to 'not approach' a 'contagious' woman who went missing from hospital in Gloucestershire.

Kayleigh McConnon, 29, went missing from Cheltenham General Hospital on Tuesday night, having last been seen at around 10pm.

A spokeswoman for Gloucestershire Police said: "Officers are concerned for her welfare and are appealing for anyone who sees her to not approach her as she has a contagious condition, but to call police on 101 and quote incident 42 of 14 March."

Local police have now said that McConnon has been found, and that she has 'returned to hospital'.

She has been described as white, 5ft 5 and has shoulder length 'mousy' hair. She is also believed to have been wearing a coat with fur on the hood or collar, according to police.

However, police refused to give any further information about what McConnon's 'contagious' condition was, merely stressing the importance of not approaching her.

Some social media users have said that the police should have divulged more information about the contagious nature of her condition, with one person asking: "Don't the public have a right to know what said disease is? I myself am now worried."

The BBC reports that officers have also spoken to 'those she had been in contact with' and offered advice.

Cheltenham and its surrounding area is particularly busy at the moment thanks to hordes of people flooding in for the Cheltenham Festival, which takes place annually at Cheltenham Racecourse, and this year runs until Friday 16 March.

PA

The festival hit headlines yesterday when two horses died after the last two races on the opening day.

Mossback, who is trained by Gordon Elliott and saddled by Lisa O'Neill, fractured a front leg in a race that was won by favourite Rathvinden. Course vets then humanely put the six-year-old down.

Race winner Rathvinden also seemed in some discomfort after the race and was unsteady on its feet due to tiredness. It was unable to attend the winner's enclosure once the race had finished but several buckets of water were thrown over it and it recovered.

There were more incidents in the final race of the day when two horses were involved in a fall. Le Rocher and Report to Base both went down in the 5:30 Novices' Handicap Chase.

Report to Base was fatally injured in the fall and became the second horse to die on the first day of the festival.

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Topics: UK News, UK