France reports first fatality from coronavirus outside Asia, fuelling global concerns about epidemic, as death toll from outbreak surpasses 1,520 in China
France reports Europe's first death from new virus –– a Chinese tourist from Hubei province –– while WHO hails Beijing's efforts for having"bought the world time."
Only three other deaths have been recorded outside mainland China -- in the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Japan. A US State Department spokesperson said Americans stranded on the vessel would be evacuated and would face a further quarantine of two weeks in the United States. Beijing's municipal government enacted a rule on Friday requiring all people coming to the capital to quarantine themselves for 14 days, warning that violators would be punished, according to official media. It was unclear how authorities would enforce the measure.
The scale of the epidemic ballooned this week after authorities in Hubei changed their criteria for counting cases, retroactively adding thousands of new patients to their tally.
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