The A&E department of the Manchester Royal Infirmary has been closed after two suspected cases of the respiratory virus Mers.
Ambulances were diverted to the North Manchester General Hospital while the department was closed. It re-opened a few hours later.
Two patients have been isolated and are being examined for Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome, which can cause fever, coughing, shortness of breath, diarrhea and vomiting, amongst other symptoms.
Around 1,000 cases of the disease have been reported worldwide since May this year, and around 40 per cent of those infected die from it.
There is no specific vaccine or treatment for Mers, although medications for it are currently being studied.
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Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said there was "no significant risk to public health".
While the virus can be spread between people, it requires close contact to be transmitted - meaning that healthcare workers treating Mers-affected patients often bear the brunt of it.
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