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Investigators Scramble To Determine Source Of Deadly SARS-Like Virus
The World Health Organization (WHO) is worried about a deadly SARS-like virus that has already killed two people in the Middle East. According to the BBC, all six of the cases are linked to either Saudi Arabia or Qatar but the two deaths were in Saudi Arabia. The total number of confirmed cases is six.
Forbes notes that the virus is a novel coronavirus with similar symptoms to SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). The hallmark symptoms of SARS are a cough and difficulty breathing.
According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, WHO physician Dr. Carlo Urbani identified SARS as a new disease in 2003. He diagnosed it in a 48-year-old businessman who had traveled from China, through Hong Kong, to Vietnam. The 2003 SARS outbreak had an estimated 8,000 cases and 750 deaths, meaning that the virus killed nearly 10 percent of the people it infected worldwide.
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