The World Health Organisation (WHO) sent out a global alert warning of a new a new virus linked to SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), which has claimed the life of a Saudi national.
A 49-year-old Qatari national has also been infected by the same virus and is currently receiving medical treatment at a hospital in London.
Five people in Denmark have been isolated in hospital after a Danish health authority advisory urged citizens who had travelled to Saudi Arabia or Qatar recently and were experiencing flu-like symptoms to seek medical help.
Symptoms include fever, coughing, shortness of breath and difficulty breathing.
The patients are a family of four where the father had recently travelled to Saudi Arabia, and another person who had recently visited Qatar.
The new virus is part of the caronavirus family, which causes the common cold, but can also include more serious illnesses such as SARS.
An outbreak of SARS in China in 2003 quickly spread, killing 800 people worldwide before it was brought under control.
source: DOTW news
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