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78-year-old is Australia’s first coronavirus fatality

SYDNEY, March 1, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – A 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.

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