First Death From COVID-19 Coronavirus Registered In Europe - French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn

Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published February 15, 2020 | 04:06 PM

An 80-year old tourist from China has passed away in France from condition induced by COVID-19 thus becoming the first coronavirus-related death registered in Europe, French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn said on Saturday

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 15th February, 2020) An 80-year old tourist from China has passed away in France from condition induced by COVID-19 thus becoming the first coronavirus-related death registered in Europe, French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn said on Saturday.

"We are talking about a tourist from the Hubei province, who arrived in France on January 16. He was sent to the Bichat hospital [in Paris], where they undertook strict measures to isolate him on January 25. His condition was rapidly deteriorating and he was in a critical condition for several days, being put in the intensive care," Buzyn said as quoted by BFMTV channel.