SARS-type virus passed from human to human for first time
Passed between humans: A person is being treated in Birmingham
in isolation after contracting coronavirus  A SARS-like virus
may have been passed between humans for the first time, health
experts believe.  One person is thought to have contracted the
new coronavirus from a relative and is being treated in an
isolation room at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham and is
said to be in a stable condition.  Previously experts believed
the infection may have come from contact with animals. If the
virus can spread between people it poses a much more serious
threat.  This is the third case of the respiratory illness
identified in the UK and the 11th in the world. The first two UK
patients had been abroad to the Middle East, where it is
believed the illness originated.  In the latest case the patient
had not been abroad recently and is thought to have contracted
the illness from a relative.  The new patient is understood to
have a long-term medical conditio