<p>The health ministers of the Group of Seven countries will on Monday discuss a joint response to the coronavirus epidemic, France's health ministry told AFP.</p>.<p>They will hold talks via a telephone conference at 1400 GMT, it said.</p>.<p>Germany's Health Minister Jens Spahn said Sunday he had talked on the phone with his US counterpart and "we agreed that there should be a conference call, a discussion by G7 health ministers about this question with the aim of dealing with it together".</p>.<p>Spahn added: "There is no point in each country deciding on measures alone".</p>.<p>The G7 comprises rich nations Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.</p>.<p>An outbreak of coronavirus, detected late last year in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, has since spread to more than 24 countries.</p>.<p>By Monday, the death toll had hit 362, with the first fatality outside of China reported in the Philippines at the weekend.</p>.<p>More than 17,000 people across China have been infected, with scores of other cases reported in over 20 countries.</p>.<p>Italian Health Minister Roberto Sperenza said Monday the outbreak must be tackled "on a global scale".</p>.<p>"It is very important because each country for the moment is organising itself autonomously, while what we need is for the actions to be shared... by the international organisations," he said.</p>.<p>Last Thursday, Italy announced the suspension of all flights to and from China as a precautionary measure.</p>.<p>The United States has since Sunday banned foreign nationals from visiting if they have been in China recently, and has warned its citizens against travelling there.</p>.<p>France was the first European country to register a case of coronavirus infection after the outbreak started.</p>
<p>The health ministers of the Group of Seven countries will on Monday discuss a joint response to the coronavirus epidemic, France's health ministry told AFP.</p>.<p>They will hold talks via a telephone conference at 1400 GMT, it said.</p>.<p>Germany's Health Minister Jens Spahn said Sunday he had talked on the phone with his US counterpart and "we agreed that there should be a conference call, a discussion by G7 health ministers about this question with the aim of dealing with it together".</p>.<p>Spahn added: "There is no point in each country deciding on measures alone".</p>.<p>The G7 comprises rich nations Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.</p>.<p>An outbreak of coronavirus, detected late last year in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, has since spread to more than 24 countries.</p>.<p>By Monday, the death toll had hit 362, with the first fatality outside of China reported in the Philippines at the weekend.</p>.<p>More than 17,000 people across China have been infected, with scores of other cases reported in over 20 countries.</p>.<p>Italian Health Minister Roberto Sperenza said Monday the outbreak must be tackled "on a global scale".</p>.<p>"It is very important because each country for the moment is organising itself autonomously, while what we need is for the actions to be shared... by the international organisations," he said.</p>.<p>Last Thursday, Italy announced the suspension of all flights to and from China as a precautionary measure.</p>.<p>The United States has since Sunday banned foreign nationals from visiting if they have been in China recently, and has warned its citizens against travelling there.</p>.<p>France was the first European country to register a case of coronavirus infection after the outbreak started.</p>