Saudi bug kills
Mecca trip dad infected son with SARS
A MAN killed by a new SARS-like virus got it from his dad — who was infected while visiting Mecca to pray for his son’s cancer recovery.
Khalid Hussain, 38, died in intensive care on Sunday, the first UK victim of rare respiratory bug coronavirus.
He had been initially treated for cancer at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
It is believed his father flew to the Muslim holy city of Mecca to pray for his recovery. But while in Saudi Arabia he picked up the virus, passing it on to his son when he returned.
The dad was being treated for the virus in a Manchester hospital. A third man, also believed to be a family member, was in a London hospital with the bug. A family source said: “It’s a tragedy. They’re devastated.”
Khalid, of Rotherham, South Yorks, leaves a widow Azima, 38. In 2003 an outbreak of the flu-like SARS killed 775 worldwide.
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