A flesh-eating virus killed a Welsh man within 12 hours after he contracted it during a romantic Mediterranean cruise with his wife. An inquest into the February death of Raymond Evans, 57, heard how a “blotchy blackness” spread from the back of the man’s knee to the rest of his body within a couple of hours, the Daily Mail reports. Mr Evans had contracted the deadly bug necrotising fasciitis and was dead within half a day, despite being transferred to hospital in Alexandria, Egypt. He initially reported to the cruise ship’s doctor after injuring his knee during a walk and was confined to a wheelchair.
Superbug kills man within 12 hours
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