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Article: Deadly pneumonia bug may be in UK; Man on flight to Manchester has disease symptoms.(News)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- March 18, 2003
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Byline: Julie Wheldon
PASSENGERSon a flight with aman who doctors fear is the first in t he UK with a mystery pneumonia bug were last night urged to watchout for symptoms of the illness.
The bug, which experts say cannot be treated with standard drugs, has already claimed nine lives and has been branded ``a worldwidehealth threat''. Yesterday it was confirmed that the first ``probablecase'' of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in England has been reported. The man involved t ravelled from Hong Kong to Amsterdam on KLM flight number KL 0888 and then from Amsterdam to Manchester on flight number KL 2037 on Saturday,March15.
The Department ...