The Philippines reported the first death resulting from the Wuhan coronavirus outside of China on Sunday.
A 44-year-old man who tested positive for the new coronavirus died Saturday in the Philippines after developing what officials called "severe pneumonia." He was reportedly in stable condition until the final 24 hours before his condition "deteriorated." The patient was a native of Wuhan, China, where the virus appears to have originated. He arrived in the Philippines in January with a 38-year-old woman who also tested positive for the coronavirus and remains isolated in a hospital in Manila.
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