An elderly Chinese tourist hospitalised in France has died of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), making him the first fatality in Europe, French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn said on Saturday.
According to French media, the 80-year-old Chinese tourist originated from China's Hubei Province, the epicenter of the virus outbreak.
He arrived in France on January 16 and was hospitalized in Paris on January 25.
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