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Turkey reports first coronavirus case

By ANI | Updated: March 11, 2020 09:24 IST

Turkey on Wednesday reported the first case of coronavirus.

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Ankara [Turkey], Mar 11 (Sputnik/): Turkey on Wednesday reported the first case of coronavirus.

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said the patient was a man who had recently returned from a trip to Europe.

More than 100,000 people have already been infected with COVID-19 in the world, the majority have recovered, and about 4,000 have died.

The coronavirus outbreak was first registered in December 2019 in China's Wuhan. In Europe, the most coronavirus-affected country is Italy. A difficult situation is also developing in France and Germany. (Sputnik/)

( With inputs from ANI )

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