France says 16 people have died from coronavirus - health official


  • World
  • Sunday, 08 Mar 2020

PARIS (Reuters) - Sixteen people in France have died from coronavirus, the head of the country's public health service, Jerome Salomon, said on Saturday, an increase of five since the previous toll.

France now has 949 confirmed cases of coronavirus, Salomon said.

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