Tests for coronavirus on patients in Colombo have all come back as negative so far, according to the Sri Lankan government.
Four people including a Sri Lankan medical student who travelled to the Wuhan province and three Chinese nationals with suspected symptoms of coronavirus had been admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) in the south.
Fifty-six people have died from the virus in China so far.
See more from ColomboPage here and the BBC here.
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