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virus, center. (AP / NIAID - RML)| 26.08.2013 | Epidemic Hazard | Saudi Arabia | MultiProvinces, [Provinces of Eastern and Al-Qassim] |  |  |
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Epidemic Hazard in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, 02 May, 2013 at 07:12 (07:12 AM) UTC.
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| Saudi Arabia says one more man has died from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing to 40 the number of deadly cases in the kingdom at the center of the growing outbreak. The Saudi Health Ministry said Sunday the 51-year-old man who died in Riyadh was also suffering from cancer and other chronic diseases, while tests of two new suspected cases involving two Saudi men in the southwestern province of Asir proved positive. The new virus is related to SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, which killed some 800 people in a global outbreak in 2003. It belongs to a family of viruses that most often causes the common cold. | |
NEWSSaudi Arabia reports another death from new SARS-like virus
The Associated Press
Published Sunday, August 25, 2013 1:14PM EDT
Published Sunday, August 25, 2013 1:14PM EDT
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia says one more man has died from a
new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing to 40 the number of
deadly cases in the kingdom at the centre of the growing outbreak.
The Saudi Health Ministry said Sunday the 51-year-old man who died in Riyadh was also suffering from cancer and other chronic diseases, while tests of two new suspected cases involving two Saudi men in the southwestern province of Asir proved positive.
The new virus is related to SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, which killed some 800 people in a global outbreak in 2003. It belongs to a family of viruses that most often causes the common cold.
The Saudi Health Ministry said Sunday the 51-year-old man who died in Riyadh was also suffering from cancer and other chronic diseases, while tests of two new suspected cases involving two Saudi men in the southwestern province of Asir proved positive.
The new virus is related to SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, which killed some 800 people in a global outbreak in 2003. It belongs to a family of viruses that most often causes the common cold.
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