After China now in Europe , a tourist died in Paris from the coronavirus. 80 years old Chinese man died in hospital after fighting against deadly virus for two weeks.
French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn confirmed he had passed away this morning – and revealed the man’s daughter had also been treated.
It comes as NHS England today confirmed all but one of the nine people treated in the UK for coronavirus have been discharged from hospital.
Tourist hotspot France has so far recorded 11 cases of the virus out the current worldwide total of 67,000.
The man arrived in France on January 16 from virus-ridden Hubei – home to coronavirus ground zero Wuhan.
His condition “deteriorated rapidly” and he was left fighting for life in Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital in the north of Paris on January 25.
But he died from a “pulmonary infection with Coronavirus”, while his daughter is due to be released soon, Ms Buzyn confirmed.
She added: “This is the first death from the Coronavirus outside Asia, the first death in Europe.”