Video of the incident circulating online showed a member of NHS staff explaining to patients why they’d been moved. The 39-year-old witness, who asked not to be named, said: “We were in the waiting room and the nurse said we suspect its coronavirus, can we vacate the waiting room? (Image: Credit Pen News)“We got moved down a corridor, maybe 40 metres away, into a separate area while they did a disinfectant clean. However, in an update from today, the department said that 161 tests had been carried out on UK patients, zero of which had come back positive for the coronavirus. “The government is monitoring the situation closely and will continue to work with the World Health Organization and international community.”

Source: Daily Mirror January 30, 2020 19:18 UTC