Death toll from new virus reaches 11: UN health bod

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GENEVA, Mar 28:  A 73-year-old man from the United Arab Emirates has become the eleventh person to die from a virus that attacks the respiratory system and was only identified six months ago, the World Health Organization said. The latest casualty of the so-called ‘novel Coronavirus’ (nCoV) was flown to hospital in Munich last week and died on Tuesday, the United Nations’ agency said. (agencies)