China coronavirus: British tourist believed to have contracted Sars-like virus as infection cases increase – The Independent, Independent
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A British tourist is feared to have contracted a deadly new flu-like virus as the number of cases soar in China .
Ashley Shorley, 44, was rushed to hospital in Phuket after falling ill while visiting the island of Koh Phi Phi in Thailand .
Doctors in Phuket believe Mr Shorley’s symptoms to be consistent with the Chinese coronavirus , making him its first Western victim, according to The Sun .
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Surgeons reportedly had to drain two kilograms of fluid from the backpacker’s collapsed lungs after they were infected by a pneumonia-style virus.
His parents, Chris and Julie Shorley, from Thornton, in Lancashire, flew to Thailand to be at his bedside after he fell ill on December – just one week into his travels.
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