Patient who disappeared from Sg Buloh Hospital not infected by coronavirus

The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2020. Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout via REUTERS

PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry has confirmed that the patient who disappeared while being tested for the novel coronavirus was not infected by the virus.

The patient, who reportedly went home on Friday after waiting at the Sungai Buloh Hospital, had been admitted previously after he fell ill following a trip to Wuhan, China.