24 Jan, 2020 @ 16:22
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Tests in Spain on suspected carriers of China Coronavirus come back negative

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THE two people being tested for the Coronavirus in Spain are not carrying the virus, it has been confirmed. 

The director of the Centre for Health Coordination and Emergencies of the Ministry of Health, Fernando Simon, told reporters that both patients have tested negative.

It came after Simon told journalists one of the cases had a ‘very low’ probability of testing positive and the other even lesser so.

A lethal cousin of the common cold, the virus has so far killed at least 26 and infected almost 900.

It has so far spread from China to the US, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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