Sars Virus

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  First Case Of Mystery SARS-Like Virus Found Outside China, Says UN

  The World Health Organization confirmed Monday the first case in Thailand of a new virus from the same family as SARS that is behind a Chinese pneumonia outbreak.

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  South Korea President Park Geun-Hye Scolds Health Officials Over MERS Scare

  South Korean President Park Geun-Hye scolded health officials today over their "insufficient" response to an outbreak of the MERS virus, as the number of infections climbed to 18, with nearly 700 under observation.

• France says new suspected cases of MERS virus

  France's health ministry said Wednesday that a man suspected of having contracted MERS had tested negative for the SARS-like virus which has killed more than 30 people, mostly in Saudi Arabia.

• Saudi Arabia says three more die from new virus

  Saudi Arabia has reported that three more people have died from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 24.

• Italy announces first case of SARS-like coronavirus

  Italy reported its first case of the SARS-like coronavirus on Friday, a 45-year-old man who had been travelling in Jordan, the health ministry said.

• Man dies of SARS-like virus in France: source

  The first person to fall ill in France with the new SARS-like coronavirus, a 65-year-old man who had been travelling in Dubai, has died from the illness, a source at the hospital treating him said on Tuesday.

• Saudi Arabia reports latest death from SARS-like virus, death toll rises to 16

  Saudi Arabia says it has recorded another death from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 16.

• WHO reports first patient-to-nurse spread of new SARS-like virus

  Two health workers in Saudi Arabia have become infected with a potentially fatal new SARS-like virus after catching it from patients in their care - the first evidence of such transmission within a hospital, the World Health Organization said.

• Panic grips Saudis amid fears of SARS-like virus

  Panic gripped Saudis in the country's east on Monday, where most cases of the deadly Coronavirus have been detected, witnesses said, as the death toll from the SARS-like virus in the kingdom hit 15.

• France confirms second case of SARS-related virus

  The French Health Ministry says a second case of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS has been confirmed.

• Third suspected case of SARS-like virus in France

  French health authorities said on Friday they suspected a third person of being infected after coming into contact with a man confirmed to be suffering from a new SARS-like virus that has killed 18 people, mostly in Saudi Arabia.

• France confirms first case of new SARS-related virus

  France on Wednesday reported its first case of a new respiratory virus related to SARS, in a traveler returning from the United Arab Emirates.

• Two more die in Saudi Arabia from SARS-like virus: WHO

  Two more people in Saudi Arabia have died from a new strain of coronavirus that has emerged in the Middle East, bringing the toll in the kingdom's latest outbreak to seven, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

• SARS-like virus kills five Saudis: ministry

  Five Saudis have died of a new SARS-like virus during the past few days and two more are being treated in an intensive care unit, the health ministry said.

• Patient dies from SARS-like virus in Britain: hospital

  A person suffering from a SARS-like virus has died in Britain, hospital officials said on Tuesday, becoming the sixth fatality from the illness worldwide.