People buying protective masks at a medical supplies store in Manila on Jan 31. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
MANILA (AFP): The Philippines has reported the first death outside China from the coronavirus that has killed over 300 and spread to other countries, the World Health Organisation said Sunday (Feb 2).
The fatality is a Chinese man from the city of Wuhan, where the virus was first detected, and appears to have been infected before arriving in the Philippines.
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