Coronavirus outbreak: First confirmed cases in Europe as France declares two infections

The new deadly coronavirus has now reached Europe after France confirmed two cases.

A 48-year-old man is being treated in a Bordeaux hospital in the southwest of the country after testing positive.

He had passed through the Chinese city of Wuhan – the epicentre of the outbreak – before arriving in France on Wednesday.

The second person was in hospital in Paris and had also travelled to China but little more is known about them.

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