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1. News - World - HEALTH

   Animals suspected in spread of new virus

   Posted Sep 28th 2012, 05:27pm by Associated Press in London

   ... Ralph Baric, a coronavirus expert at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “Biologists now need to go into the area and take samples from any animals they can get their hands on, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1049515/animals-suspected-spread-new-virus
2. News - World - HEALTH

   WHO issues guidance on new virus

   Posted Sep 26th 2012, 05:29pm by Reuters in Geneva

   ... News World Coronavirus Reuters ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1047828/who-issues-guidance-new-virus
3. News - World - MEDICINE

   Sars-like virus well adapted to infect humans, study finds

   Posted Feb 20th 2013, 12:00am by Reuters

   ... of the illness says. The virus - novel coronavirus or NCoV - is from the same family as the common cold and severe acute respiratory syndrome. There have been 12 confirmed cases worldwide - including ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1154079/sars-virus-well-adapted-infect-humans-study-finds
4. News - World - HEALTH

   Saudi Arabia reports new case of Sars-like coronavirus

   Posted Nov 06th 2012, 12:00am by Agencies in Riyadh

   ... weeks. The ministry said the unidentified patient was hospitalised with "pneumonia caused by the new virus known as novel Coronavirus". It said the patient had since recovered ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1075804/saudi-arabia-reports-new-case-sars-coronavirus
5. News - Hong Kong - HEALTH

   Deadly virus won't spark Hong Kong Sars epidemic, scientists say

   Posted Sep 27th 2012, 12:00am by EMILY TSANG AND XINHUA

   ... News Hong Kong Novel coronavirus Animal Virology SARS Coronavirus Emily Tsang and Xinhua Coronavirus that killed one person ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1048063/deadly-virus-wont-spark-hong-kong-sars-epidemic-scientists-say
6. News - Hong Kong

   Hong Kong traveller tests negative for Sars

   Posted Nov 07th 2012, 01:54pm by Lai Ying-kit

   ... News Hong Kong Novel coronavirus Centre for Health Protection Lai Ying-kit A Hong Kong man who fell ill following a trip to Saudi Arabia is not infected by a new respiratory virus related to Sars, the Centre for Health Protection said on Wednesday afternoon. A centre spokesman said a nasal specimen and throat swab taken from the patient both tested negative for the new coronavirus ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1076988/hong-kong-man-tested-sars-virus
7. News - Hong Kong - HEALTH

   'Sars-like virus could hit HK despite false alarm'

   Posted Oct 09th 2012, 12:00am by Patsy Moy

   ... out after a four-year-old boy tested negative for novel coronavirus, which has killed one Middle Eastern man and left another seriously ill. The Centre for Health Protection confirmed ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1056545/sars-virus-could-hit-hk-despite-false-alarm
8. News - Hong Kong - PUBLIC HEALTH

   Saudi boy in Hong Kong has flu, not Sars-like virus

   Posted Oct 08th 2012, 11:52am by Lai Ying-kit

   ... The four-year-old tested negative for novel coronavirus – which has killed one man in Saudi Arabia and left a second critically ill – a centre spokesman said. The patient is not a case of severe ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1056321/saudi-boy-tests-negative-sars-virus-hong-kong-health-officials-say
9. News - Hong Kong - BRIEFS

   Briefs, February 24, 2013

   Posted Feb 24th 2013, 12:00am

   ...   Ignore virus rumours, says health chief Health minister Dr Ko Wing-man urged people to ignore rumours of a coronavirus infection in the city. He said the false claims arose after a patient ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1157269/briefs-february-24-2013
10. News - World - BRIEFS

    Briefs, February 12, 2013

    Posted Feb 12th 2013, 12:00am by AGENCIES

    ... News World Novel coronavirus Syria Mining Accident Iran Rape Fox Discovery Channel British patient is latest case of Sars-like virus LONDON - A new virus from the same family as Sars that sparked a global alert last September has been found in another patient in Britain. This latest infection with the new virus known as a coronavirus brings the total number of confirmed cases ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1148221/briefs-february-12-2013

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