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78-year-old is Australia's first coronavirus fatality
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This handout illustration image obtained February 27, 2020 courtesy of the US Food and Drug Administration shows the coronavirus,COVID-19. - President Donald Trump has played down fears of a major coronavirus outbreak in the United States, even as infections ricochet around the world, prompting a ban on pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. China is no longer the only breeding ground for the deadly virus as countries fret over possible contagion coming from other hotbeds of infection, including Iran, South Korea and Italy. There are now more daily cases being recorded outside China than inside the country, where the virus first emerged in December, according to the World Health Organization. (Photo by Handout / US Food and Drug Administration / AFP) (AFP/Handout / US Food and Drug Administration)
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78-year-old man evacuated from the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise liner in Japan died in a Perth hospital Sunday, becoming Australia's first fatality from the disease, officials said.
The man died in the early hours of Sunday morning, a spokeswoman for the Western Australian state health department told AFP.
His 79-year-old wife was also infected with the disease during the cruise and remains in a Perth hospital.
