A spokeswoman for an Orlando hospital said that two employees tested negative for the rare MERS virus days after coming into contact with a Saudi resident with the second confirmed case in the US.
Katie Dagenais said today that the two tested employees from Dr P Phillips Hospital include one who was hospitalised on Monday. The other was discharged the same day.
Hospital officials are still awaiting test results from 18 health care workers from Dr P Phillips Hospital and Orlando Regional Medical Center who are being monitored for potentially having the virus.
MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) is a respiratory illness that begins with flu-like fever and cough but can lead to shortness of breath, pneumonia and death.
