A man in the Philippines has become the first person outside China to die from the coronavirus outbreak, while the overall death toll has risen above 300 and the number of confirmed cases of infection increased to more than 14,000.
The 44-year-old man from Wuhan, the Chinese province where the outbreak is believed to have originated, was admitted to a Manila hospital on January 25 with a fever, cough and a sore throat, the Philippine Department of Health said in a statement.
He developed severe pneumonia but "showed signs of improvement" in the days before his death, and the 38-year-old woman he was with has tested positive for the virus and remains in hospital isolation.
President Rodrigo Duterte approved a temporary ban on all travellers, except Filipinos, from China and its autonomous regions.
The death follows the World Health Organisation (WHO) calling on governments to prepare for "domestic outbreak control" if the virus spreads in their countries.
The virus's rapid spread in two months prompted the WHO to declare it a global emergency on Thursday.
Most cases reported so far have been people who visited China or their family members.
A Bristol student was rushed to hospital earlier this week with a suspected case of coronavirus but tested negatively and has returned to their student accommodation. Cases have been confirmed elsewhere in the UK.
The WHO said it was especially concerned that some cases abroad involved human-to-human transmission.
