Detection of new SARS-like viruses

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it has discovered a new virus with the SARS virus in a man who lived in Saudi Arabia and is currently in the UK.

Reuters news agency cited WHO's announcement through the organization's 'global warning and response system ' , tests for 49-year-old male patient, Qatar nationality, confirmed the existence of a new type of coronavirus (crown-shaped virus).

SARS epidemic appeared in 2002 when it took birth
network of about 8000 people worldwide.

Coronavirus is a large virus family, including common flu viruses and severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). SARS appeared in China in 2002 and has claimed the lives of about 800 people around the world before governments and health organizations control it.

For the newly discovered coronavirus in the UK, WHO is currently in the process of gathering more information to determine official medical guidelines for the public. Peter Openshaw, director of the Center for Respiratory Infections at Imperial College London, added that, at this stage, the new virus may not seem to be a concern and can be detected easily through techniques. Advanced testing.

According to WHO, Qatar patients who were first hospitalized in Doha on September 3 with symptoms of a severe respiratory infection. On September 7, he was transferred to the intensive care unit of the Qatar capital hospital and was sent to England on September 11.

Scientists from the British Health Protection Agency have tested and compared the viral gene sequence in a Qatar patient's body with a virus sample analyzed by Dutch researchers from a lung disease case. Saudi people died earlier this year. The results of viral gene analysis of these two cases are almost identical.

Openshaw said, two cases of individual coronavirus infections discovered to date suggest that a rare case in the past may not have been diagnosed. The expert further emphasized that, if there is any evidence of human-to-human transmission, the new coronavirus will cause further concern about the re-emergence of a SARS-like agent.