Two coronavirus patients from Japan cruise ship dead: media


PTI | Tokyo | Updated: 20-02-2020 08:39 IST | Created: 20-02-2020 08:34 IST
Two coronavirus patients from Japan cruise ship dead: media
Representative image Image Credit: ANI
  • Country:
  • Japan

Two elderly coronavirus patients from a quarantined cruise ship off Japan have died, media reports said on Thursday, citing a government source.

A man and a woman in their 80s who had been infected have died, public broadcaster NHK and other media said. No immediate confirmation was available from the health ministry. They would be the first fatal cases among more than 600 confirmed on the ship. 

(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

Give Feedback