BREAKING An 80-year-old tourist has tragically died from the disease.
The 80-year-old tourist is the first person to die in Europe from the deadly illness.
Some 2,641 new cases of the virus were reported in the 24 hours through midnight Friday, raising the total to 66,492. The government announced measures aimed at preventing the virus from spreading as millions of workers crowd into planes, trains and buses to return to densely populated Chinese cities following the Lunar New Year holiday.
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