Coronavirus Patient Dies In Birmingham

	Coronavirus Patient Dies In Birmingham CDC Says SARS Might Be A Form Of The Coronavirus A microscopic view of the new Coronavirus A patient who was being treated for a Sars-like coronavirus at the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham has died. The man, who was already undergoing treatment for a "long-term complex unrelated health condition" before contracting the so-called novel coronavirus, passed away on Sunday morning in the hospital's critical care unit, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust said. He is the sixth person to die from the illness worldwide. The victim had problems with his immune system and is believed to have contracted the coronavirus from a relative who is being treated for the condition in a Manchester hospital. It was the first case of human-to-human transition of the virus in the UK. He was one of three people in the same family with the virus, which appeared to have been caught by one of the family members during a recent visit to the Middle East and Pakistan. Sky News Health Correspondent Thomas Moore described coronavirus as "a family of viruses - at one end it is a relatively mild diseases which causes the common cold, but it also causes diseases such as Sars, which is that really nasty respiratory disease that broke out in the Far East a few years back." "This seems to be much the same kind of serious lung disease, with breathing difficulties, fever and so on," he said. Moore warned that doctors were "concerned". He added: "At the moment its origins seem to be <b>...</b>	From: Computergirls1985 Views: 0 0 ratings
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