An 80-year-old man has died from a coronavirus related disease in France — the first person to do so outside of Asia.
"The aircraft will arrive in Japan the evening of Feb. 16," the email said."Buses will move you and your belongings from the ship to the aircraft."
As of Friday 218 of the 771 passengers and crew that have been tested are positive for the virus, also known as COVID-19, authorities said. At least 32 were Americans.Chinese officials said there were 2,641 newly confirmed cases of coronavirus, 849 severe cases and 143 new death cases Friday. Most of the new cases, 2,420, were in Hubei, the National Health Commission said.for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, as of Friday evening.
The base received two flights of Wuhan evacuees last week. Two of the travelers have tested positive for the virus and were described as"doing well" and"fair," respectively, by UC San Diego Health CEO Patty Maysent. Five other Wuhan evacuees were described as persons under investigation. All seven were at UC San Diego Health facilities, university officials said at a news conference Friday.
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