BREAKING: First Coronavirus Patient Dies In Europe

BREAKING: First Coronavirus Patient Dies In Europe
Europe record first death case of Coronavirus

A Chinese tourist who tested positive for the novel coronavirus has become the first person to die in the outbreak in Europe.

The patient, who was 80 years old, had been receiving treatment at the Bichat Hospital in Paris since January 25, according to a statement from French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn.

In other news, Japan has nine more confirmed coronavirus cases

There are nine more people in Japan, not on the Diamond Princess ship, who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Japanese Mistry of Health, Labour, and Welfare said Saturday.

One person is a surgeon in his 50s who works at the same hospital where another doctor tested positive earlier, in Wakayama Prefecture. Eight others are in Tokyo. Seven of them had close contact with a taxi driver who was found to be infected, the ministry said.

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