Newcastle health workers treating people with coronavirus are ready to deal with any risk, the Government has said.
Health Ministers offered reassurance when they provided Parliament with an update on how the NHS is dealing with outbreaks of the virus in the UK.
Two patients in England tested positive for coronavirus on Friday and were transferred to a specialist unit in Newcastle, where they are being cared for by expert staff.
Health Minister Barnoness Blackwood told Parliament that the NHS expert teams dealing with the cases "are accustomed to responding to any risk".
She said: "As well as the expertise they already have, advice is being communicated from the Chief Medical Officer and others.
"The NHS expert teams are with every ambulance service and are in a number of specialist hospital units, where equipment and highly trained staff are ready to receive and care for patients with any highly infectious diseases."
The two patients include a University of York student and one of their relatives. They continue to be treated for coronavirus in the specialist infectious diseases unit at Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary.
Public Health England is now contacting people who had close contact with the two confirmed cases. They will be given health advice about coronavirus symptoms, and emergency contact details to use if they become unwell.
A total of 94 UK nationals and family members have been evacuated to Britain from Wuhan on two flights which arrived on Friday and Sunday One passenger was taken to hospital in Oxford after telling medics he had symptoms of a cough and a cold. The rest of those who came back are currently in quarantine at Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral.
Every British person in mainland China has now been urged to leave, as coronavirus continues to claim more lives in the country.
The Foreign Office amended its travel advice after Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he expects more cases to be diagnosed in the UK.
Officials told the PA news agency the update was a prudent step in case more commercial airlines stopped flights out of China, or China extended travel restrictions.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said: "We now advise British nationals in China to leave the country if they can, to minimise their risk of exposure to the virus.
"Where there are still British nationals in Hubei province who wish to be evacuated, we will continue to work around the clock to facilitate this."
The Foreign Office added that commercial flights departing from China were still available throughout the country, except in Hubei where the virus originated.
