NEW: The French health minister has announced the first coronavirus death in Europe.
Passengers departing from San Francisco were told midair there may have been a case of the virus on board.Minister Agnes Buzyn says Saturday that"I was informed last night of the death of an 80-year-old patient who had been hospitalized ... since Jan. 25."
The patient, a Chinese tourist from the province of Hubei, had a lung infection caused by the COVID-19 virus. He arrived in France on Jan. 16, then was hospitalized on Jan. 25 under strict isolation measures. His condition deteriorated rapidly.Europe has 46 cases of the virus that first emerged in central China in December. Nine European nations have reported cases, with Germany having the most at 16.
The virus has infected more than 67,000 people globally and has killed at least 1,526 people, the vast majority in China. The World Health Organization has called the virus a threat to globalChinese authorities have placed some 60 million people under a strict lockdown, built emergency hospitals and instituted controls across the country to fight the spread of the virus.
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