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Second coronavirus death recorded outside China

by VTV404 February 2020 Last updated at 14:00 PM

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Second coronavirus death recorded outside China
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VTV.vn - By 11am Hanoi time on Tuesday, Vietnam has a total of nine confirmed cases of infection with the new coronavirus, three of which have tested negative with the virus after treatment.

In China, on Monday alone, 157 cases were released from hospitals after successful treatment, bringing the total number of cured patients to 632.

However, a second death outside mainland China due to the coronavirus was recorded in the special administrative region of Hong Kong, which was the first death there.

The patient was male, 39 years old, who started showing fever symptoms on January 31st after returning to Hong Kong from Wuhan via high-speed rail.