Suspected Manchester Mers cases prove negative
Date published: 28 July 2015
A suspected outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers), which temporarily shut the A&E unit at Manchester Royal Infirmary, was a false alarm.
Two patients who were thought to have the Mers condition have tested negative.
They were isolated for treatment and the hospital said there was "no significant risk to public health".
Mers is passed to people in close contact and is similar to the Sars virus.
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