China Defends Coronavirus Measures as France Reports First Death

France reported the first coronavirus death outside Asia, an 80-year-old Chinese tourist who died in Paris on Friday

BEIJING—France reported the world’s first coronavirus death outside Asia, an 80-year-old Chinese tourist in Paris, as China’s foreign minister defended his country’s handling of the fast-spreading outbreak that has sickened more than 66,000 people and killed more than 1,500.

A team of World Health Organization experts was expected to arrive in China over the weekend. The U.S. moved to repatriate hundreds of American citizens trapped on a cruise ship off Japan’s shore where more than 200 people have contracted the coronavirus.

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