China reports second death from Wuhan coronavirus as Thailand confirms another case

Man in Wuhan, 69, dies two weeks after being admitted to hospital with the new strain

Thailand reports second infected patient as countries across Asia continue to find confirmed or suspected cases

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Wuhan Medical Treatment Centre, where people with the virus have been treated. Photo: Simon Song

Zhuang Pinghuiin BeijingandJitsiree Thongnoi

Published: 12:40pm, 17 Jan 2020Updated: 3:22pm, 17 Feb 2020

A second person has died after contracting the coronavirus found in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, while Thailand has confirmed a second case of the virus.

A 69-year-old man died on Wednesday, Wuhan Health Commission said late on Thursday. He had shown symptoms on December 21 before being admitted to Wuhan Medical Treatment Centre – where all suspected cases of the viral pneumonia have been treated – on January 4 after his condition worsened, the commission’s statement said.

The man had a heart muscle infection and tuberculosis when he was admitted to hospital, it said.

It follows the death last week of a 61-year-old man, who had tested positive for the coronavirus and also had abdominal tumours and chronic liver disease.

The Wuhan health authority said that the city had reported no new cases as of Wednesday and that 12 of the 41 patients confirmed to have been infected had recovered and been discharged from hospital. Five were being treated as severe cases.

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