France's health minister has announced the first coronavirus death in Europe. In China, more than 1,500 people have died from the virus.
France's health minister said Saturday a Chinese patient diagnosed with coronavirus has died in a Paris hospital, the first death from the new virus in Europe.
A medical staff leaves the department of Tropical Infections and diseases at the Bichat hospital, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020 in Paris.On Saturday, confirmed cases of the virus in China rose to 66,492 and the number of deaths rose to 1,523, according to China's National Health Commission.
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