Interview with the widow of Khalid Hussain, coronavirus case #11, fatality

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/mar/15/coronavirus-victim-widow-scientists-treatment

Coronavirus victim's widow tells of grief as scientists scramble for treatment
Azima Hussain's husband Khalid was first person in UK to die of new Sars-like disease


The widow of the first person to die of a deadly new Sars-like virus in the UK has told the Guardian of the tragic circumstances of his death.

Azima Hussain, 33, giving her first interview, spoke of the devastation inflicted on her family by the coronavirus that killed her husband, Khalid, last month.

She said her father-in-law, Abid – who was the unwitting bearer of the disease – is still unconscious in hospital and unaware of the death of his son. He fell ill from the virus after a trip to Mecca in Saudi Arabia to pray for the health of Khalid, who had brain cancer.

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The coronavirus was first identified by a doctor in Saudi Arabia, who alerted the international authorities and was subsequently forced to leave the country after being sacked, the Guardian can reveal.

Prof Ali Mohamed Zaki isolated the virus from a patient who died in hospital last June. He angered the Saudi health ministry when he sent the virus out of the country for identification and alerted international researchers to the threat. "They sent a team to the hospital to investigate me, to blame me and threaten me. They forced the hospital to terminate my contract," Zaki said. "I was obliged to leave my work because of this, but it was my duty. This is a serious virus."