Coronavirus: second death in China after Sars-like outbreak

By Reuters

Man, 69, had been admitted to hospital with abnormal renal function and severe damage to organs

A second person has died from pneumonia in the central Chinese city of Wuhan after an outbreak of a previously unknown virus, local health authorities have said.

The 69-year-old man had been admitted to hospital with abnormal renal function and severe damage to multiple organs, the Wuhan municipal health commission announced. He died on 15 January.

Source: Coronavirus: second death in China after Sars-like outbreak

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