New Saudi case takes SARS-like virus death toll to seven

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New Saudi case takes SARS-like virus death toll to seven

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/saudi-case-takes-sars-virus-death-toll-seven-212258305.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8NTvwf6MC5sJFoBh8pd6lg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-21T212258Z_1_CBRE91K1NEC00_RTROPTP_2_CORONAVIRUS-INFECTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A electron microscope image of a coronavirus is seen in this undated picture provided by the Health Protection Agency in London" align="left" title="A electron microscope image of a coronavirus is seen in this undated picture provided by the Health Protection Agency in London" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - A patient admitted to hospital in Saudi Arabia with a new virus from the same family as SARS has died, taking the global death toll from the previously unknown disease to seven. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday the patient died on February 10, two weeks after entering hospital. The cause of death was confirmed by a laboratory test three days ago. The virus, called novel coronavirus, or NCoV, was unknown in humans until it emerged in the Middle East last year. There have now been 13 confirmed cases worldwide, including in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Britain. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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