New SARS-like virus infects British patient in tenth case globally

LONDON (Reuters) – A new virus from the same family as SARS that sparked a global alert last September has been found in another patient in Britain, health officials said on Monday. The latest case of infection with the new virus known as a coronavirus brings the total number confirmed globally to 10, of whom five have died. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said the latest infection was “a sporadic case” and did not alter the WHO’s risk assessment. It added, however, that the new case “does indicate that the virus is persistent”. …