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Aamir Mohammed

Inside the hospital where patients with suspected coronavirus are in quarantine

Quarantined Brits with suspected coronavirus have given a unique insight into what it's like staying at the Arrowe Park Hospital.

The rescued UK nationals were taken to the Wirral hospital in a convoy of six coaches and arrived on Friday night.

They will be staying at the NHS facility for 14 days where they will be able to contact relatives.

Foootage sent to 5 news producer Eleanor Gregory shows the patients talking about the bag of essentials they were given on arrival.

Patients are given essentials on arrival (Eleanor Gregory / 5 News)
(Eleanor Gregory / 5 News)

Speaking from inside the hospital, patient Matt Raw said: "There's a bag here containing various essentials we might need, underwear and things people might not have had time to pack.

"It's a perfectly nice room, we've got all the essentials we need. We do have a concierge here who is attending to our absolute every need. It's like staying in a hotel.

"Imagine the best hotel you've ever stayed in and the best service you could ever possibly imagine - these guys at the NHS wipe the floor with the lot of them.

"Anything we've asked for, TVs, hair dryers they go out and obtain them for us in a flash."

Matt Raw said the patients were given bags of essentials (Eleanor Gregory / 5 News)

Children also staying at the hospital have been given dolls, Xbox consoles and Playstationsv which will occupy them during their two-week stay.

The Brits who arrived were seen to be given hand sanitizer and mouth masks for protection.

Patients were also given boxed bacon alongside a selection of cereals for their breakfast.

It included patients being delivered Rice Krispies, Kellogg's Corn Flakes, bananas, and bacon.

Patients are being tested for possible cases of coronavirus in Wales, it has been confirmed.

In a statement on Saturday a Public Health Wales spokesman confirmed a small number of patients were being tested but said there were "currently no confirmed cases" of the disease in Wales.

Dr Giri Shankar, professional lead consultant for health protection at Public Health Wales, said: “For reasons of patient confidentiality Public Health Wales is not able to comment on individual cases.

“We can confirm that all Welsh residents that meet the current testing criteria are being offered testing.

“We are not disclosing the number of individuals tested in Wales because they are so low they run the risk of being patient-identifiable.

“There are currently no confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in Wales.”

More Brits are due to arrive back from China to join the 83 who are already on Merseyside.

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