'SARS' Like Virus Seems Unlikely to Spread Easily 

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A new strain of a potentially deadly virus related to SARS(severe acute respiratory syndrome),which has killed one man in saudi arabia and left a Qatar man critically ill in london, does not appear to spread easily from person to person, the world health organization (WHO) say still, officials are urging vigilance, saying that health workers around the world should be on the lookout for anyone with acute respiratory syndrome and requiring hospitalization who had been in the middle east, where the virus first surfaced, or in contact with a suspected or confirmed case within the last 10 days on saturday, who which was rushing to develop a diagnostic test, said that doctors should test for the virus only if the patient is severely ill, so as not to overburden the health care system.
The virus, as yet unnamed, belongs to the coronaries family, like SARS that is the same family of virus as the common cold. In 2002, a SARS outbreak that began in china went on to infect 8,000 killing one in 10 victims.
"From the information available thus for it appears that the novel corenevirus cannot be easily transited from person to person", W.H.O. said in a statement on friday. "given the severity of the two laboratory confirmed cases, W.H.O. is continuing to monitor the situation in erder to provide the appropriate response, expertise and support to its member states.

source :- The New York Times