Guests at Milton Keynes quarantine centre test negative for coronavirus so far

The tests were taken as soon as the 105 British citizens arrived at the hotel on Sunday.

They had been flown from the Coronavirus epicentre of Wuhan in China and must stay at the hotel in isolation for 14 days.

"Swab tests that were undertaken on their arrival and all swab results were negative. This indicates that it is unlikely that any of the guests have coronavirus," said an NHS spokesman this morning.

He added: "All guests will need to have further swab tests after six and 12 days of their stay at the facility to confirm that they remain negative for coronavirus."

Each of the guests have been given their individual test results and further information about how they can move around the hotel.

NHS and Public Health staff have met with them all to discuss their results and to address any questions or concerns they may have, said the spokesman.

"Guests are continuing to take all the precautionary measures they were previously and staff at the facility are continuing to take full infection prevention measures," he said.

Local and national NHS organisations, including Public Health England and the Department of Health and Social Care, have thanked the guests for their ongoing

cooperation and the local community of Milton Keynes for hosting them.