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Monday, February 11, 2013

Man with rare Sars coronavirus in intensive care in Manchester

A man who returned recently from the Middle East and Pakistan is under intensive care in a Manchester hospital where he has been confirmed as the first UK resident to be infected by a new form of virus.
He is only the 10th confirmed case with this type of acute respiratory illness, from which five people have died.
The latest case is the second to be identified with the coronavirus in Britain. Authorities notified the World Health Organisation on Friday. A 49-year-old Qatari man who was flown from Doha to London in September is still in hospital.
..The man involved in the latest case is reported to have first fallen ill on 26 January and was diagnosed with a severe illness on 31 January..

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/feb/11/sars-coronavirus-intensive-care?