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Coronavirus: Turkey reports first case of COVID-19

News Agencies | Updated on: 11 March 2020, 9:49 IST
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Turkey on Wednesday reported the first case of coronavirus. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said the patient was a man who had recently returned from a trip to Europe.

More than 100,000 people have already been infected with COVID-19 in the world, the majority have recovered, and about 4,000 have died.


The coronavirus outbreak was first registered in December 2019 in China's Wuhan. In Europe, the most coronavirus-affected country is Italy. A difficult situation is also developing in France and Germany.

(ANI)

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First published: 11 March 2020, 9:49 IST