Saudi Arabia says a Saudi man has died from a new respiratory virus related to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, bringing to 60 the number of deaths in the kingdom at the centre of the outbreak.

The Health Ministry said that the man died in a Riyadh hospital on Sunday, reported the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sister publication.

The new virus belongs to a family of viruses that most often causes the common cold. - TradeArabia News Service