WHO: First case of new virus behind China outbreak found in Thailand

A man holding her daughter leaves the Wuhan Medical Treatment Centre in Hubei, China. The World Health Organisation confirmed on Monday (Jan 13) the first case in Thailand of a new virus from the same family as SARS that is behind a Chinese pneumonia outbreak. - AFP

GENEVA: The World Health Organisation confirmed on Monday (Jan 13) the first case in Thailand of a new virus from the same family as SARS that is behind a Chinese pneumonia outbreak.

The UN health agency said a person travelling from Wuhan, China, had been hospitalised in Thailand on Jan 8 after being diagnosed with mild pneumonia.