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Hong Kong reports first coronavirus fatality
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People wearing face masks inside a bakery react as residents in Mei Foo district protest against government plans to convert the Jao Tsung-I Academy a local heritage site into a quarantine camp amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus which began in the
People wearing face masks inside a bakery react as residents in Mei Foo district protest against government plans to convert the Jao Tsung-I Academy a local heritage site into a quarantine camp amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus which began in the

Hong Kong reported its first coronavirus death, local news broadcaster TVB said on Tuesday, the second fatality outside mainland China.

The 39-year-old male had previously been reported by local authorities as having an underlying illness. Hong Kong has had 15 confirmed cases including one that was transmitted locally.

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(Published 04 February 2020, 08:41 IST)