Yin Our top story --Taiwan reported the nation''s first death from the novel coronavirus on Sunday. The victim was a man in his early 60s who lived in central Taiwan and worked as a taxi driver. Ken He had no history of travelling abroad and had not come into contact with any known coronavirus carriers.Chen Shih-chung, who heads the Central Epidemic Command Center, confirmed it was the first case for the virus to be contracted locally. On January 27, the victim had symptoms of a cough and on February 3 he was diagnosed with a pneumonia-like illness. He died of Septicemia on February 15.
