Wealthy Qatari man, 49, contracts new strain of deadly SARS-like virus at home - then hires private jet to Britain for treatment. Now the NHS is paying
- Patient held in quarantine in London hospital after infected by 'new' strain
- Man became ill in Qatar but had recently travelled to Saudi Arabia
- He was allowed to fly into the UK on private jet to private hospital but was only diagnosed with the virus once he had entered the country
- Qatari man moved to NHS hospital when his condition worsened
- Only one other man in the world has been infected with SARS-like virus
- Man in Saudi Arabia died after contracting the virus three months ago
- Possible small number of other cases are 'being investigated'
- Patient held in quarantine in London hospital after infected by 'new' strain
- Man became ill in Qatar but had recently travelled to Saudi Arabia
- He was allowed to fly into the UK on private jet to private hospital but was only diagnosed with the virus once he had entered the country
- Qatari man moved to NHS hospital when his condition worsened
- Only one other man in the world has been infected with SARS-like virus
- Man in Saudi Arabia died after contracting the virus three months ago
- Possible small number of other cases are 'being investigated'
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