Indian SARS sufferer allowed to leave hospital before virus was confirmed

INDIA, which has the world’s second largest population, has recorded its first confirmed case of the deadly SARS virus, officials from the National Institute of Virology confirmed yesterday.

A 32-year-old Indian man in the western state of Goa was in isolation in hospital after test results confirmed he had the disease, officials said.

“We have received a sample from Goa and we have diagnosed it positive for the coronavirus which is responsible for SARS,” said Dr AC Mishra, director of the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in the western city of Pune.