Greece says first migrant dies of COVID-19 since the pandemic

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective suit and a face mask exits the Malakasa migrant camp after authorities found a coronavirus case and placed the camp under quarantine, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Malakasa, Greece, April 5, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis/File Photo

ATHENS (Reuters) - A male migrant died of COVID-19 on Sunday, the first reported death of an asylum seeker since the pandemic broke out in Greece in late February, a government official told Reuters.

The 61-year-old Afghan, a father of two children, who lived at the migrant camp of Malakasa north of Athens, was treated and died at a hospital in Athens, the official said, adding that authorities were tracing his contacts.