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Two patients who have tested positive for coronavirus are being treated at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, it has been confirmed.

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust says the two patients are in isolation at the hospital in Truro.

The trust adds that there is "no risk to other patients, visitors and staff and our services are running as normal".

Medical Director, Dr Allister Grant said: “We have highly experienced doctors, nurses and other staff who are appropriately trained and equipped to deal with this effectively.”

Visitor restrictions

The news comes after hospital bosses introduced new visiting restrictions.

In a bid to protect patients, Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is urging relatives to keep visits to under one hour and for all children to stay away from the hospital.

Visiting hours have also been reduced.

A notice has been published on the trust's website urging members of the public to help "keep our hospitals running".

It says: “Patients should come for appointments as planned. If they are concerned about any symptoms they have of a recent cough or temperature they should not come to hospital and get advice online HERE.

“The same advice applies to visitors who must not come to our hospitals if they are unwell.”

See the full notice below

Patient visitors during COVID-19 outbreak

You can help us to protect our community and keep our hospitals running. We are asking you to support the changes we have made to members of the public visiting patients.

Reduced visiting times

We have altered visiting times on all wards from 2pm – 7pm.

We recognise there will be exceptional circumstances for some patients and we would ask these are discussed with the Ward Leader/Nurse in Charge.

We recommend you visit your family member/loved one for no longer than one hour.

We ask that children under the age of 16 do not attend the hospital to visit a family member/loved one, unless there are special circumstances. If so, please contact the ward before leaving home to visit the hospital.

We are restricting visits to one person per bed space at any time.

When you come into our hospitals you will be expected use the hand sanitiser gels available at all entrances. Then, when you come into a ward, you will be directed to wash your hands thoroughly for 20 seconds. We would ask you to do the same on leaving the ward.

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Alongside this, we ask you to consider carefully the potential risk to others before you travel to the hospital, and whether your journey is completely necessary – you can carry the virus without showing any symptoms.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause in the short term. Our aim in asking for your help is to ensure we can continue to deliver safe patient care by reducing the risk of spreading the virus, so that we can keep our beds open and protect our staff to care for our patients.

Our hospitals are open as usual. Like all hospitals we will see patients with possible symptoms and are following precautionary infection prevention and control procedures.



Patients should come for appointments as planned. If they are concerned about any symptoms they have of a recent cough or temperature they should not come to hospital and get advice online HERE

The same advice applies to visitors who must not come to our hospitals if they are unwell.