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A doctor has died from coronavirus nine days after getting infected with the deadly virus in China.

Liang Wudong, 62, from Hubei Province, was suspected of contracting the disease on January 16 at Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine and was transferred to the Jinyintan Hospital two days later.

The former ENT medic, who retired from the profession last June, died this morning.

He complained of tightening of the chest and feeling flustered when he was admitted to the hospital.

A detailed checkup of him revealed a chest infection, according to Wuhan Evening Post.

Dr Liang was immediately put in quarantine and later transferred to Jinyintan Hospital.

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It is understood he has a history of heart disease and coronary heart disease.

A screenshot of messages from a closed group with doctors reveals that Dr Liang's mother had called the hospital and said that her son could not be saved.

A medical staff from the ENT department told local media that Dr Liang was allegedly infected with the virus.

China's state media originally reported that Dr Liang had been working at the front line of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan city but this has since been clarified.

The virus has killed 41 people in China and infected over 1,300 others, including a case in Chicago and another near Seattle.

France confirmed earlier this evening its first three cases of the Wuhan coronavirus, with one patient being hospitalised in Paris and another in the southwestern city of Bordeaux.

Health Minister Agnes Buzyn told a news conference these were the first two confirmed cases in Europe and that more cases were likely to occur in France.

Mirror Online earlier reported how tests for coronavirus on 14 people in the UK came back negative but there are checks ongoing on other people, according to the Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty.

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Mr Whitty spoke following a meeting of the Government's Cobra emergency committee in Whitehall, chaired by Health Secretary Matt Hancock.

All the people tested in the UK had visited Wuhan.

In a statement, Mr Whitty said: "I am working closely with the other UK chief medical officers.

"We all agree that the risk to the UK public remains low, but there may well be cases in the UK at some stage.

"We have tried and tested measures in place to respond. The UK is well-prepared for these types of incidents, with excellent readiness against infectious diseases.

"We have global experts monitoring the situation around the clock and have a strong track record of managing new forms of infectious disease.

"The UK has access to some of the best infectious disease and public health experts in the world.

"A public health hub will be set up in Heathrow from today. This consists of clinicians and other public health officials, in addition to existing port health measures."