Hospitals

Egypt state TV reports first case of sars-like coronavirus

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has discovered its first case of the sars-like novel coronavirus in a patient at a Cairo hospital who recently arrived from Saudi Arabia, state TV said on Saturday. The virus which can cause coughing, fever and pneumonia, has sp...

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has discovered its first case of the sars-like novel coronavirus in a patient at a Cairo hospital who recently arrived from Saudi Arabia, state TV said on Saturday.

The virus which can cause coughing, fever and pneumonia, has spread from the Gulf to Europe and has already caused dozens of deaths.

(Reporting by Yasmine Saleh; Editing by Andrew Heavens)