Two patients who sparked the closure of an accident and emergency department after it was thought they could have Middle Eastern Respiratory Virus Syndrome (Mers) have tested negative for the disease.
Manchester Royal Infirmary's A&E unit closed for around two hours yesterday afternoon in response to fears of an outbreak of the potentially deadly Sars-like virus.
But a spokesman for Public Health England (PHE) said today that tests have found they do not have the condition.