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Both illnesses are types of coronavirus which are thought to be genetically close.
More people have been killed by the new coronavirus than the 2003 SARS outbreak, according to latest figures.
A total of 805 people have died from 2019-nCoV, dubbed the Wuhan virus, compared to 774 killed by SARS.
Both are types of coronavirus which originated in China and virologists say they are genetically close.
The majority of deaths from the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak are concentrated in mainland China, although there has been one death in the Philippines and another in Hong Kong.
The first victim to be officially identified was 34-year-old doctor Li Wenliang, who died on Friday after testing positive for the virus, Chinese state media said.
Dr Li had been one of the first to warn about the new virus but was punished by authorities for “rumour-mongering”.
He became ill after treating a patient with the virus at Wuhan Central Hospital.
Although the number of deaths from the Wuhan virus now outnumber SARS deaths, the fatality rate is lower for the Wuhan virus.
The fatality rate for SARS was 9.6%, while around 2% of those who contracted the Wuhan virus have died.
Courtesy of Sky News
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