New SARS-like virus infects British patient in 10th case globally

A new virus from the same family as SARS that sparked a global alert
last September has been found in a further patient in Britain, health
officials said.

This latest case of infection with the new virus known as a coronavirus
brings the total number of confirmed cases globally to 10, of which five
have died.

The British patient, who had recently travelled to the Middle East and
Pakistan, is receiving intensive care treatment in hospital in
Manchester, northern England.