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New "Sars-like" Virus Found in UK

Man from Qatar has been diagnosed with the virus, which has already killed one patient in Saudi Arabia

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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.