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muriel_volestrangler

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4. New 'Sars-like' coronavirus identified by UK officials
Mon Sep 24, 2012, 10:51 AM
Sep 2012
A new respiratory illness similar to the Sars virus that spread globally in 2003 and killed hundreds of people has been identified in a man who is being treated in Britain.

The 49-year-old man, who was transferred to a London hospital by air ambulance from Qatar, is the second person confirmed with the coronavirus.

The first case was a patient in Saudi Arabia who has since died.

Officials are still determining what threat the new virus may pose

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19698335
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