BERLIN
Germany confirmed the first case of fatal coronavirus in the country.
A patient living in a town south of Munich was diagnosed with the virus, the Bavarian State Ministry of Health and Care announced late Monday.
He was placed in isolation in a hospital and remained in good condition, the ministry said in a statement.
Officials did not say how the man was infected with the coronavirus and if he had recently traveled to China’s Wuhan city, where the outbreak originated earlier this month.
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