“We can confirm that a 60-year-old US citizen diagnosed with coronavirus died at a hospital in Wuhan, China, on Feb 6,” an embassy spokesman told AFP, without specifying the person’s gender. A Japanese man in his 60s with a suspected coronavirus infection also died in hospital in Wuhan, the Japanese foreign ministry said, adding that it was “difficult” to confirm if he had the illness. The man, who was in his 60s, would be the first Japanese victim of the outbreak if his infection is confirmed. Two people have died from the virus outside the mainland: a man from Wuhan in the Philippines and a 39-year-old man in Hong Kong. The Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday that 19 foreigners have been infected in China, and two of them have recovered.

Source: The Star February 08, 2020 06:22 UTC