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| A Chinese tourist has died in France after contracting the new coronavirus - the first fatality from the disease outside Asia. | A Chinese tourist has died in France after contracting the new coronavirus - the first fatality from the disease outside Asia. |
| The victim was an 80-year-old man from China's Hubei province, according to French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn. | |
| He arrived in France on 16 January and was placed in quarantine in hospital in Paris on 25 January, she said. | |
| Only three deaths had previously been reported outside mainland China - in Hong Kong, the Philippines and Japan. | |
| However, more than 1,500 people have died from the virus within China, mostly in Hubei where it first emerged. | |
| A further 2,641 people have been newly confirmed as infected, bringing the China's total to 66,492. | |
| France has previously said it has 11 confirmed cases of coronavirus, officially called Covid-19, and six remain in hospital. | |
| The deceased man's daughter has also been infected, Ms Buzyn said, but she is believed to be recovering. | |
| Outside mainland China, there have been more than 500 cases in 24 countries. | |
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