New crown virus: the first death in Europe

  New crown virus:  the first death in Europe

A Chinese tourist infected with the new coronavirus died in France, the first case of the disease outside Asia.

According to French Health Minister Agnes Bouzin, the deceased was an 80-year-old man from Hubei Province, China. He arrived in France on 16 January and received isolation treatment at a Paris hospital on 25 January.

The French health minister said the deceased was rescued at Vicat Hospital in northern Paris during his lifetime. He died of a lung infection from a coronavirus.

Ms. Bujin said the man's daughter was also among the infected, but she was recovering.

Previously, there were only three death reports outside China, in Hong Kong, the Philippines and Japan.

However, outside mainland China, there are currently more than 500 cases in 25 countries.

In late January, France became the first European country to diagnose a case of the virus formally known as Covid-19.

There are currently 11 confirmed cases in France, of which 6 are still in hospitals.

United Kingdom

In addition, British health officials contacted hundreds of people who attended the British Bus Summit in London last week after a participant was diagnosed with a coronavirus after the meeting.

British media reported that the confirmed person, who had no current identity, was at the UK Bus Summit last week at the QEII Conference Centre in central London.

About 250 people, including Baroness Villa, Secretary of State for Public Transport and some members of the House of Commons, attended the summit on February 6.

Many people currently attending the summit have begun to isolate themselves, just in case, including two members of the Labour House of Commons.

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Nine confirmed and eight recovered

So far, 9 cases have been confirmed in the UK, and 8 of them have been discharged after treatment.

NHS England said the eight had been discharged from hospital after two negative sampling tests.

The first 94 people who withdrew from the UK to Wuhan have also all left the quarantine area in northeast England, where they were quarantined for two weeks after returning to the UK.

In addition, more than 100 Britons who were subsequently withdrawn from China were still in quarantine.

Africa

At the same time, Egyptian officials notified the first confirmed case of coronavirus on the African continent on February 15 and are quarantining cases in hospitals.

The Egyptian Ministry of Health said in a statement that the patients were foreigners but did not specify nationality.

After Africa confirmed the first imported new crown epidemic, experts worry that Africa's current epidemic situation is severe.

As of February 15, more than 1,500 people have died of the virus in China, most of which occurred in Hubei, where the epidemic first appeared.

At present, the total number of confirmed cases of viral infection in China has reached 66,580, with nearly 9,000 suspected cases.

Japan

The most concentrated outbreak outside mainland China was the Cruise Diamond Princess near Japan.

Earlier, the United States said it would send a plane to Japan to evacuate Americans stranded on the Diamond Princess cruise ship.

Of the 3,700 people on board, 218 are currently positive for the virus.

Australia has also said that it is considering taking its citizens away from the ship.