Others have lain in intensive care units for weeks, breathing only with the aid of mechanical respirators, and may yet die.

Six of the babies - all but the smallest, a girl - required mechanical respirators.

Doctors may also try to reduce the swelling by making a patient breath faster with the aid of a mechanical respirator.

He spent a total of five months on a mechanical respirator at the hospital before his death.

Mr. Sharon is breathing with the aid of a mechanical respirator.

He needed a mechanical respirator to help him breathe.

Many of the survivors are recovering, but very slowly, after long hospitalizations, including the need for support from mechanical respirators.

Four people have died, and three are in intensive care units, surviving with the aid of mechanical respirators.

All have survived, and none needed a mechanical respirator, he said.

Sometimes, the person loses consciousness and might need to be on a breathing machine (mechanical respirator) temporarily.