China reports first death outside virus epicentre official

PTI Updated: January 23, 2020 22:47 IST

    Beijing, Jan 23 (AFP) Authorities in China reported on Thursday the first death outside of Hubei, the central province where a new SARS-like virus epidemic is believed to have originated.
    The health commission in northern Hebei province, which borders Beijing, said in a statement that an 80-year-old man diagnosed with the new virus died on January 22.
    The death in Hebei increases the total death toll in China from the virus to 18. (AFP) SCY

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