An Aberystwyth doctors’ surgery that closed on Monday afternoon has refused to say whether the closure was linked to coronavirus fears.

Padarn Surgery on Penglais Hill was closed late on Monday and it has been suggested that the closure was to allow deep cleaning. The surgery reopened on Tuesday.

The closure sparked fears a patient with suspected coronavirus may have attended the surgery.

However, the surgery has declined to make any comment, and Hywel Dda Health Board also said it would be making no comment.

Public Health Wales, which is handling issues around coronavirus, has been issuing daily updates and has confirmed two cases in Wales - one in Swansea and one in Cardiff. Its next update is due this afternoon.

Dr Giri Shankar, the incident director for the Novel Coronavirus outbreak response at PHW, urged people not to panic but to take precautions such as regularly washing your hands.

He said: "Wales and the whole of the UK is prepared for these types of incidents.

"Public Health Wales is working closely with our partners in the Welsh Government, the wider NHS in Wales, and the other UK countries.

"We have implemented our planned response, with robust infection control measures in place to protect the health of the public."

Meanwhile, a Ffosyffin professor appeared on BBC 2’s Newsnight on Thursday to discuss the coronavirus outbreak and steps being taken to try to halt it.

Prof John Edmunds, a former head of modelling at the Health Protection Agency, which is now Public Health England and who is currently at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, outlined steps that will be taken when the coronavirus handling plan moves to the next stage and how modelling is being used by authorities to co-ordinate the response to the virus.