Germany identifies first case of coronavirus


  • World
  • Tuesday, 28 Jan 2020

BERLIN - (Reuters) - Germany has declared its first confirmed case of the coronavirus that broke out in China, raising concerns about the spreading of the flu-like virus after the death toll in China climbed to 106.

Bavaria's health ministry said late on Monday that a man in the town of Starnberg, 30 kilometres (19 miles) southwest of Munich, had been confirmed as suffering from the virus.

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