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China coronavirus: Patients in Scotland tested for coronavirus
A small number of patients in Scottish hospitals are being tested after showing symptoms of coronavirus, BBC Scotland understands.
The new strain of the virus has so far killed 17 people in China and there are more than 500 confirmed cases.
Edinburgh University infection expert, Prof Juergen Haas, said there were four suspected cases in Scotland.
All the patients had respiratory symptoms and had been in Wuhan, thought to be the source, in the last 14 days.
Wuhan has gone into lockdown, along with another Chinese city, Huanggang.
Three of the patients in Scotland are being treated in Edinburgh with a fourth thought to be in Glasgow.
It is not yet known which hospitals are treating them.
Prof Juergen, head of infection medicine at Edinburgh University, said it was "very likely" that cases would be confirmed in the UK.