France: Man Dies From New SARS-Like Infection

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A 65-year-old man infected with a virus causing SARS-like symptoms died Monday, health authorities said, the first French patient to be killed by the condition known as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. The man, who died of multiple organ failure in an isolation chamber in a hospital in Lille, is believed to have been infected while vacationing in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in April. He was first hospitalized late last month, shortly after his return to France, with symptoms described only as digestive problems. While hospitalized, he infected a neighboring patient who remains hospitalized. The virus, known as a coronavirus, has killed 23 of the 44 people confirmed infected since September, most of them in Saudi Arabia.