DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has confirmed that a second case infected with the SARS-like coronavirus has been detected in Qatar.
The World Health Orgaisation (WHO) reported on Friday that it has registered four new cases, three in Saudi Arabia (including one death) and one in Qatar, taking the total number of victims to six.
The UN health agency issued a global alert in late September saying a virus previously unknown in humans had infected a 49-year-old Qatari who had recently travelled to Saudi Arabia, where another man with the same virus had died.
The SCH said in a statement that the laboratory diagnosis for the new case was conducted last Tuesday. The patient was admitted at the Hamad General Hospital last October, where he was treated and his condition gradually improved. He is currently undergoing rehabilitation treatment and can walk, the statement added.
The SCH said that the WHO was officially informed about the second case last Thursday. It added that it was monitoring the suspected cases and sending samples for examination.
Until now there are no other cases detected in the country and all those in contact with the patient are in good health, said the statement. The Peninsula
