Sars-like illness kills man in London
A man infected with a Sars-like respiratory illness has died in London, officials say.
The Qatari man, who was being treated in an intensive care unit at St Thomas's hospital in central London, had contracted the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus – or Mers-CoV.
Hospital officials said the man, who was 49 when he was admitted, died after his condition deteriorated.
The patient, who was suffering from acute respiratory syndrome and renal failure, was admitted to an intensive care unit in Doha, Qatar, on 7 September last year. The man, who has not been named by officials, was transferred to the UK by air ambulance on 11 September. Before he became ill he had travelled to Saudi Arabia, officials said.
Despite doctors' efforts to keep him alive, including connecting him to an artificial lung, he died on Friday last week.
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