Sunday 23 September 2012

World Health Organisation says has found new SARS-like virus

LONDON (Reuters) - A new virus belonging to the same family as the SARS virus that killed 800 people in 2002 has been identified in Britain in a man who had recently been in Saudi Arabia, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Sunday. The United Nations health body, which issued a statement through its "global alert and response" system, said tests on the patient, a 49-year-old Qatari man, confirmed the presence of a new, or novel, coronavirus. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses which includes the common cold and SARS. ... via Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News Read More Here..

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