France Announces First Coronavirus Death in Europe

This transmission electron microscope image shows the virus that causes COVID-19 isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab in February 2020. NIAID-RML/CC BY 2.0

France’s health minister has announced the first coronavirus death in Europe.

Minister Agnes Buzyn says Saturday that “I was informed last night of the death of an 80-year-old patient who had been hospitalized ... since Jan. 25.”